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
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	—

Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from English -ist →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →