-astic

Morpheme

-astic

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, characterized by, having the nature of” (rarely corresponding to -asis nouns)

Etymology

(1) Latin -asticus; Ancient Greek astikós, from ázō + -tikós; (2) suffixal construction from -asis + -ic

Evidence

animastic, antonomastic, fantastic, myiasitic, onomastic, paronomastic, pleonastic, schediastic

See Also

-astique, -atic, -asis, -ic