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Where does “Adventist” come from?

Adventist derives from English Advent combined with Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής denoting one who practices, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -yéti meaning to do or act.

Adventist (English): One who believes in the Second Advent of Jesus;...

Definitions

  1. One who believes in the Second Advent of Jesus;...

Ancestry of “Adventist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAdvent—
2Latinadventusarrival, approach, advent; Advent
3Latinadveniō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “Adventist”

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