-istic
English
suffix
Definitions
- Used to form adjectives from nouns or from other adjectives, with the meaning "of or pertaining to" the preceding component.
Etymology
Compound from English -ist (forming agent nouns, specialist, forms agents of cause, forms adherents of a belief).
Origin
English
-ist
Gloss
forming agent nouns, specialist, forms agents of cause, forms adherents of a belief
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ist English
- Canadianist English
- Pyrrhonist English
- -iste Old French