Where does “սոլիստ” come from?
սոլիստ (Armenian) comes from Russian соли́ст, from French soliste, from Italian solista, from Italian -ista, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.
սոլիստ (Armenian): Synonym of մենակատար
Ancestry of “սոլիստ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | соли́ст | — |
| 2 | French | soliste | soloist |
| 3 | Italian | solista | solo; soloist |
| 4 | Italian | -ista | -ist |
| 5 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |