Where does “Zoroastrian” come from?

Zoroastrian is an English adjective suffix -ian derived from Latin -ianus, itself from Latin -ius, -um, and -us, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European -yós and -ós through Proto-Italic -os.

Zoroastrian (English): a follower of Zoroastrianism; relating to or...

Definitions

  1. a follower of Zoroastrianism; relating to or...

Ancestry of “Zoroastrian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinZōroastrēsZarathustra; Zoroaster founder of Zoroastrianism
2Ancient GreekΖωροάστρηςZarathustra; Zoroaster
3Avestan𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀Zoroaster

Words derived from “Zoroastrian”

Every word from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 →Every word from Ancient Greek Ζωροάστρης →Every word from Latin Zōroastrēs →