Where does “Zeist” come from?

Zeist (English) comes from New Latin zea, from Ancient Greek ζειά, from Proto-Hellenic *dzeyyā́.

Zeist (English): One who believed that maize was the cause of pellagra

Definitions

  1. One who believed that maize was the cause of pellagra

Ancestry of “Zeist”, step by step

Zeist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via New Latin zea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New LatinzeaA type of grain; spelt; emmer wheat; A type of...
2Ancient Greekζειάeinkorn wheat, "Triticum monococcum", used as...
3Proto-Hellenic*dzeyyā́—

via Dutch Zeist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchZeist—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dzeyyā́ →Every word from Ancient Greek ζειά →Every word from New Latin zea →