@jesszafarris: The secrets of spinster’s suffix! … By the way, you might think, given this information, that that -ster ending is perhaps from the word sister; it’s not, but they’re not unrelated either. Both the ending -ster and the word sister share a similar feminine and relational suffix pattern that appears across many Indo-European languages; so they are related but not as directly as they appear. Not sisters, you might say. 😄 #etymology #wordorigins #History
Unrelated: have you ever looked into the history of quintessential? If it comes down to 5 essential items, I’d love to find out what they were referencing!
2026-06-14 20:15:48
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Archivalries :
Does this relate to the word “shyster”? Surely not “lobster”
2026-06-12 17:30:45
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Zlecky :
interesting because I always thought seamster was the masc of seamstress
2026-06-11 17:24:53
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ljpgood :
Brother and sister?
2026-06-12 22:25:20
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pequandry :
Teamster???
2026-06-11 20:52:30
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Jonathan Rossman :
Oldster / youngster
2026-06-13 14:21:44
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Paul :
Was lybbestre related to the root that we get the word libation from? Not gonna lie, I think D&D needs more potion witches.
2026-06-11 20:55:22
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Intruth :
Is “ster” a corruption of “sister”?
2026-06-11 18:50:03
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MegaMental89 :
You're my favorite wordster! 🥰
2026-06-11 22:34:26
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Big Blue :
I have followed you for quite a while now and yet I hardly ever see any of your posts. So I’m very happy to see this one. I watch you on YouTube with Rob. Those are always fun to watch too.
2026-06-14 02:50:08
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George M. :
Interesting! We use the ..ster in Dutch to this day. Like ‘kapster’ (hairdresser), ‘verkoopster’ (female sales person) and ‘omroepster’ (female broadcaster).
2026-06-12 08:17:23
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Petunia :
I wonder how this video would work if the hands didn't move.
2026-06-12 11:18:31
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userx :
cool and informative video 🥰
2026-06-12 09:28:48
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Jack Bradley :
Always love when your videos come across my feed! Great educational content.
2026-06-13 13:54:13
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vermilionreptilians :
pulling on that thread.... unravel.... 💛
2026-06-12 00:58:06
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CumberbtchesW/TeH@s :
Etymology-ster 😆
2026-06-12 13:25:55
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SKRn67 :
Love this!
2026-06-12 02:29:50
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Bailorg :
Petition to bring back lybbestre 😳
2026-06-12 00:56:01
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Sean Medic :
Fascinating. 🥰
2026-06-11 20:01:06
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MaMi :
ssoooo interesting 🥰🥰🥰
2026-06-11 18:19:11
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Dray :
An interesting & concise exposition, as always. Thank you! And I loved the groaners foreshadowing your comments.
2026-06-12 13:03:45
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schrodingerstwat :
This is the kind of content I'm HERE for
2026-06-12 06:53:14
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War Chief :
What is colonizing this language?
2026-06-11 16:26:21
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