nasture

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Italian nastro. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *nastula, from Proto-West Germanic *nastilu, or alternatively borrowed from the Italian word several centuries ago in the early modern era, originally in a form *nastru, with a plural *nastruri, with the loss of the first -r- and made singular analogically later. Also compare Aromanian nastur.

Noun

nasture m (plural nasturi)

1. button (clothing)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	nasture	nasturele		nasturi	nasturii
genitive-dative	nasture	nasturelui		nasturi	nasturilor
vocative	nasture			nasturilor

See also

• buton