Where does “Tolstoyan” come from?

Tolstoyan (English) comes from English Tolstoy, from Russian Толсто́й, from Russian то́лстый, from Russian -щина — Suffix added to stems to show that it is a collective or a condition; -hood, -dom, -ness, -ism.

Tolstoyan (English): Of or relating to Leo Tolstoy, the Russian...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to Leo Tolstoy, the Russian...

Ancestry of “Tolstoyan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTolstoy—
2RussianТолсто́йparticularly Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, September 9, 1828 — November 20, 1910
3Russianто́лстыйstout
4Russian-щинаSuffix added to stems to show that it is a collective or a condition; -hood, -dom, -ness, -ism
Every word from Russian -щина →Every word from Russian то́лстый →Every word from Russian Толсто́й →