-ster

-ster
noun combining form Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -estre female agent; akin to Middle Dutch -ster 1. one that does or handles or operates <
spinster
>
<
tapster
>
<
teamster
>
2. one that makes or uses <
songster
>
3. one that is associated with or participates in <
gamester
>
<
gangster
>
4. one that is <
youngster
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • ster-4 —     ster 4     English meaning: line, stripe, ray     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘streifen, Strich, Strähne, Strahl”; “about etwas hinwegstreifen, streichen”     Note: also sterǝ : strē , strei , streu ; with g, b, dh (or t ) extended; identical with… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • ster- Ⅰ — *ster germ., Verb: nhd. ausbreiten; ne. spread (Verb); Etymologie: idg. *ster (5), *sterə , *strē , *sterh₃ , Verb, breiten, streuen, Pokorny 1029; Literatur …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • ster- Ⅱ — *ster germ.?, Verb: nhd. steif sein ( Verb); ne. be (Verb) stiff; Etymologie: idg. *ster (1), *ter (7), *sterə , *terə , *strē , *trē , *s …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • ster-6 —     ster 6     English meaning: sterile     Deutsche Übersetzung: “unfruchtbar”     Note: old Sonderanwendung from ster “ stiff “     Material: O.Ind. starī f. “unfruchtbare cow”; Arm. sterj “unfruchtbar, from animals”, also sterd (*ster dh o ,… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • -ster — [OE. & AS. estre, istre.] A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially a person who does something with skill or as an occupation; as in spinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster, baxter (= bakester), youngster. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • ster-3 —     ster 3     English meaning: to rob, steal     Deutsche Übersetzung: “rauben, stehlen”     Material: Gk. στερέω (Att. στερίσκω only present) “rob”, στέρομαι “bin stolen; looted, miss”; M.Ir. serb “ theft “ (*ster u̯ü); with l instead of r… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

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