Old English · suffix
-estre
- Part of speech
- suffix
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /es.tre/
- Syllables
- es · tre (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- -ster-stressparticular
Meaning
-
female agent suffix, especially denoting one who is skilled in a particular occupation or craft
bæcestre (“female baker”); sangestre (“female singer”); webbestre (“female weaver”)
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā, feminine agent suffix equivalent to *-ārī (> -ere).
Descendants
-ster, -stress
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