Where does “classicist” come from?

Classicist comes from English classic plus the suffix -ista from Latin, where classis originally meant a class or division, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots.

classicist (English): A classical scholar, especially one who studies...

Definitions

  1. A classical scholar, especially one who studies...

Ancestry of “classicist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
2Old French-iste—
3Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
4Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tās—

Words derived from “classicist”

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