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Where does “Piarist” come from?

Piarist (English) comes from Latin pīus, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Piarist (English): A member of the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of...

Definitions

  1. A member of the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of...

Ancestry of “Piarist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpīus—
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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