Where does “agriculturist” come from?
Agriculturist comes from English agriculture combined with the Latin agent suffix -ista, derived from Latin ager meaning field, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros with the same sense.
agriculturist (English): One who practices agriculture, a farmer, a...
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- One who practices agriculture, a farmer, a...
Ancestry of “agriculturist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 2 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |