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-st en · X · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English -st; see -est.

Meanings

1. (archaic, morpheme) Verb suffix for the second-person singular; Alternative form of -est.
   • Thou com'st to use thy tongue. c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:

-st en · X · etymology 2

Etymology

From the written form of first; see further etymology there.

Meanings

1. (morpheme) Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "first"
   • the 21st century

Coordinates

-rd · -th · -nd

Translations (13)

sv -a (first) · pl -szy (first) · it ° (first) · de -st- (first) · fr ʳᵉ (first) · fr (ères) f (first) · ja 第 (first) · fr (ère) f (first) · fr ᵉʳˢ (first) · it ª (first) · it º (first) · da -e (first) · it ^ (first)

-st en · X · etymology 3

Etymology

From -s + -t of excrescent suffixes, with -s sometimes genitive.

Meanings

1. (morpheme) Excrescent suffix (adding sound but largely not changing the meaning).
   • among + -st → amongst
   • while + -st → whilst
   • mid + -st → midst

Deriveds

whilst · midst · beknownst · against · whomst · amongst · alongst · unbeknownst