Where does “Yorkist” come from?
Yorkist derives from English York, from Latin Eboracum, from Proto-Celtic -ākos, combined with the Latin suffix -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Indo-European -idyé-.
Yorkist (English): A supporter of the House of York
Definitions
- A supporter of the House of York
Ancestry of “Yorkist”, step by step
Yorkist 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 | — |