Etymology

-nasty

Today it means: relating to a nastic change Full definition →

Ancient Greek ναστός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromναστός“pressed”
  2. English today-nasty

From Ancient Greek ναστός (nastós, “pressed”), from the verb νάσσω (nássō). By surface analysis, -nast + -y.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekναστός all →

nastichyponastic-nast

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