Words that come from French “-iste”

400 words across 17 languages descend from French -iste — including terrorist, capitalist, chemistry, socialist, journalism, chemist, dentist, pianist.

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English (183)

French (143)

Swedish (40)

Dutch (7)

Italian (6)

Turkish (4)

Hungarian (3)

Greek (3)

Russian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Catalan (1)

Galician (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Turkmen (1)

Polish (1)

Japanese (1)

Czech (1)