-ist
Norwegian Nynorsk
suffix
Definitions
- used to form nouns, usually relating to people.
Etymology
Derived from French -iste derived from Latin -ista (-ist) derived from Ancient Greek -ιστής.
Origin
Ancient Greek
-ιστής
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -isti Finnish
- -ista Latin
- absolūtus Latin
- cameralis Latin
- -ista Hungarian
- -ista Italian
- -iste French
- -ista Spanish, Castilian
- -ιστής Ancient Greek
- καμάρα Ancient Greek
- -ist Norwegian Bokmål
- -ista Portuguese
- -ist Swedish
- -iste Old French
- -ista Catalan, Valencian
- -isti Icelandic
- -ista Galician
- -ist Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -ίστρια Greek (modern)
- -ιστής Greek (modern)
- -ists Latvian
- ־יסט Yiddish