Where does “-nasty” come from?
-nasty (English) comes from Ancient Greek ναστός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
-nasty (English): relating to a nastic change
Definitions
- relating to a nastic change
Ancestry of “-nasty”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | ναστός | pressed, crowded, compact |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “-nasty”