The word āśacarya is formed by suṭ when meaning something 'unusual'.,
The word आश्चर्य is formed by adding the affix यत् to the verb चर् with the preposition आ, and the augment सुट् ॥ Thus आश्चर्यं यदि स भुंजीत, आश्चर्यं यदि सोऽधीयीत ॥ When not having this sense, we have आश्चर्यं कर्म शोभनम् ॥,