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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'?
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