Where does “Deuteronomist” come from?
Deuteronomist (English) comes from English ist, from English -ist, from Old French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.
Deuteronomist (English): One of the sources identified as underlying much...
Definitions
- One of the sources identified as underlying much...
Ancestry of “Deuteronomist”, step by step
Deuteronomist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |
via English Deuteronomy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Deuteronomy | The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Δευτερονόμιον | Deuteronomy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νόμος | usage, custom; law, ordinance; melody, strain |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | νέμω | to deal out, distribute, dispense; to pasture or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | némos | sacrifice, worship; place of sacrifice, clearing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | nem- | to distribute; to give, to take |