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Where does “cartoonist” come from?

Cartoonist derives from English cartoon plus the suffix -ista from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek χαράσσω meaning to scratch or engrave, via Latin charta, Italian cartone and its diminutive suffix -one.

cartoonist (English): One who creates a cartoon or strip cartoon; One...

Definitions

  1. One who creates a cartoon or strip cartoon; One...

Ancestry of “cartoonist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcartoonA humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a...
2Frenchcartoncardboard; carton, cardboard box; target
3Italiancartonecardboard, paperboard; carton, box; cartoon
4Italiancartapaper; map; menu
5Latincartapapyrus; letter etc
6Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
7Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

Words derived from “cartoonist”

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