Etymology

-st

Today it means: Verb suffix for the second-person singular; Alternative form of -est. Full definition →

Middle English -st
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-st · suffix1

  1. Middle English · inherited from-st
  2. English today-st

From Middle English -st; see -est.

-st · suffix2

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

-st · suffix3

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

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