Where does “bigfootologist” come from?
bigfootologist (English) comes from English ologist, from English -ologist, from English ‐logist, from English -ist, from Old French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής.
bigfootologist (English): A person who looks for evidence of the existence...
Definitions
- A person who looks for evidence of the existence...
Ancestry of “bigfootologist”, step by step
bigfootologist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ologist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ologist | One who studies some branch of learning,... |
| 2 | English | -ologist | Alternative spelling of -logist |
| 3 | English | ‐logist | A person who studies or is an expert in the related -logy |
| 4 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 5 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |
via English bigfoot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bigfoot | To control or manage forcefully; to exercise... |
| 2 | English | foot | A biological structure found in many animals that... |
| 3 | Middle English | fot | foot; The bottom, lower part or foundation of... |
| 4 | Old English | fōt | foot |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fōt | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fōts | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |