Where does “ecologist” come from?

ecologist (Dutch) comes from French écologiste, from French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

ecologist (Dutch): An environmentalist

Definitions

  1. An environmentalist

Ancestry of “ecologist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchécologisteenvironmentalist; ecologist
2French-iste-ist; -istic
3Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
4Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tās—

Words derived from “ecologist”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →Every word from French -iste →