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This is not a strong need, just a result of curiosity.
Another recent discussion subject was 'What a disaster'. That made me stop and think: 'Dis-' is usually a prefix denoting either a negation or a negative element. A 'disaster' is usually considered negative.
But what is an aster - the non-negative thing? My English dictionary is not willing to help me (except for a flower reference, which isn't the right thing).
In Norwegian, we have a dozen of words, maybe two, that from a formal point of view are negations, but the non-negated form hasn't been used for the last hundred years. Most people give you a quizzical look if you describe a nice girl as 'fyselig' or 'humsk'. They know 'ufyselig' (gross, horrible) and 'uhumsk' (nasty, unsympathetic), but never think of it as negated words. Maybe 'aster' is similar - an old word that is no longer in use. Do you English native speakers know of any old, almost forgotten, meaning of 'aster'?
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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according to the etymology of the word it comes from the mid 16th century - from Italian disastro or an "ill-starred event", from dis- (expressing negation) + astro "star" (from Latin astrum ).
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aster from latin, refers to star. Hence asterisk, astronomy, astrology etc
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Absolut non native spekaer guess 
Maybe because the flowers of the Aster flower are arranged so regularly. And if something is not arranged, it is a Dis-Aster 
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Aster is a flower which I've seen in local flower shows for more than 50 years now.
But as Honey says above, the etymology is from Italian.
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How about being world-renowned? Do you have to be nowned first?
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dandy72 wrote: nowned
I hate it when people verb nouns.
Software Zen: delete this;
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From Google AI (remember AI is not reliable):
The word "disaster" comes from the Latin words dis- and astro, which mean "away or without" and "star or planet" respectively. It literally translates to "without a star" and originally implied misfortune caused by astrological issues. For example, in Shakespeare's time, an astrologer might have warned Juliet of a disaster in her stars that indicated an unfortunate event was coming.
The word "disaster" entered the English language in the mid-16th century and comes to us through Middle French and the Old Italian word disastro. The earliest known use of the word as a noun is from the mid-1500s, and as an adjective it's recorded in Robert Greene's writing in 1584.
Today, "disaster" is more commonly used to mean upheaval or an adverse event that happens suddenly and unexpectedly.
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I've always seen "disaster" as meaning something along the lines of the scenario where you and your old man are standing in the garage before the wooden bench where the VW block has the right half of it's case removed and the crank & cam shafts are exposed but there's a sigh of relief emanating from your throat after discovering that all the cam followers are in ittybitty peices in the oily crevases of the left half and you'd begun to choke upon seeing this ... because, while discussing who's going to foot the bill for a new set of cam followers, your old man clearly says ... he will.
Then your brother's leg, with the foot still attached, comes plunging through the drywall ceiling and it becomes even more relieving to find that the rest of his body is stopped in it's downward motion by the two-by-twelve rafter and you and your old man hear him say "It's ok, I'm not hurt"!
And of course, no legs were amputated in the thought of late "What was that terrible dream about where I crossed the field, leaving behind that headless dalmation, and the image of looking down and seeing I was missing a leg".
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You are reading it wrongly. It is a double saster and your question should be what a saster is. 
Mircea
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Wordle 1,146 6/6*
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
More luck than anything else...
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Wordle 1,146 X/6
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
no good me
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I guess you're salty about it
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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er, not really. Its a silly quiz to do with after lunch coffee
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Wordle 1,146 4/6*
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,146 5/6*
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Not an easy one.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Wordle 1,146 X/6
🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Wordle 1,146 4/6*
🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I was lucky, I guess. There were too many possible combinations...
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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Wordle 1.146 4/6
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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Wordle 1,146 5/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,146 5/6
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!
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Wordle 1,146 3/6
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
tricky
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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My ISP keeps spamming me about things that have nothing to do with our agreed upon business arrangement.
Including, just now, a chance to win tickets to some Taylor Swift show.
There was an option to provide feedback, which I did. In essence, I told them I was giving them money in exchange for internet access, and to stick to the plot, please.
Clearly this isn't big brother checking what I do and search for and build up a profile of my interests and such. Otherwise they'd know Taylor Swift is just about the last thing they should ever contact me about.
Thing is, it's my ISP, so I can't just arbitrarily block every email coming from them.
I had no point to make. Carry on.
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