-astic

Morpheme

-astic

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, characterized by, having the nature of”

Etymology

Latin -asticus; Ancient Greek astikós, from ázō + -tikós

Evidence

animastic, antonomastic, fantastic, onomastic, paronomastic, pleonastic

Notes

unanalyzable

See Also

-astique, -atic, -ic