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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread cineaste #118638 01/02/2004 2:22 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky The suffix in today's Word caught my eye: [From French cinéaste, from ciné- (cinema) + -aste (as in enthousiaste: enthusiast).] Here, it appears that -aste or -ast functions the same as -ist, in some different words. Is there a rule for when one or the other is used? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted cineaste Jackie 01/02/2004 2:22 PM Re: cineaste wwh 01/03/2004 8:41 PM Re: cineaste jheem 01/07/2004 2:48 PM Re: cineaste Faldage 01/07/2004 2:56 PM Re: cineaste jheem 01/07/2004 3:27 PM Re: cineaste Faldage 01/07/2004 3:49 PM Re: cineaste jheem 01/07/2004 5:01 PM Re: cineaste Faldage 01/07/2004 5:43 PM Re: cineaste tsuwm 01/07/2004 6:36 PM Re: cineaste Faldage 01/07/2004 6:47 PM Re: cineaste Buffalo Shrdlu 01/07/2004 8:35 PM Re: cineaste wwh 01/07/2004 9:01 PM Re: cineaste jheem 01/07/2004 9:29 PM Re: cineaste consuelo 01/07/2004 11:12 PM Sin west musick 01/07/2004 11:47 PM Re: cineaste Bingley 01/08/2004 5:22 AM Re: cineaste Jackie 01/08/2004 12:49 PM Re: cineaste jheem 01/08/2004 1:56 PM Re: cineaste wwh 01/08/2004 3:58 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,354 Members9,209 Most Online5,626 Mar 4th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,191 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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