Where does “Sino-Tibetanist” come from?

Sino-Tibetanist (English) comes from English Sino-Tibetan, from English Tibetan, from English -an, from Italian -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um.

Sino-Tibetanist (English): A linguist who specialises in studying...

Definitions

  1. A linguist who specialises in studying...

Ancestry of “Sino-Tibetanist”, step by step

Sino-Tibetanist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Sino-Tibetan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSino-TibetanOf, or relating to, both China and Tibet; Of the...
2EnglishTibetanPertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture,...
3English-anOf or pertaining to;
4Italian-ana-an, -y
5Spanish-anafeminine singular of -ano
6Latin-anainflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative...
7Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
8Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
9Proto-Italic*-om
10Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

via English ist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishistA practitioner or supporter of an ism
2English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
3Old French-iste
4Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
5Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tās
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHomEvery word from Latin -anaEvery word from English -an