Where does “chromatist” come from?
chromatist (English) comes from English chromatics, from English chromatic, from English chromatin, from German Chromatin, from German -īn, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.
chromatist (English): A person whose speciality is chromatics
Definitions
- A person whose speciality is chromatics
Ancestry of “chromatist”, step by step
chromatist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chromatics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chromatics | The science of colours; the branch of optics that... |
| 2 | English | chromatic | Relating to or characterised by hue; Having the... |
| 3 | English | chromatin | A complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the... |
| 4 | German | Chromatin | chromatin |
| 5 | German | -īn | creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables |
| 6 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |