Where does “colorist” come from?
Colorist comes from English color plus the suffix -ista from Latin, -ιστής from Ancient Greek, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European ḱel- meaning to conceal or cover.
colorist (English): One who colors; an artist with a talent for...
Definitions
- One who colors; an artist with a talent for...
Ancestry of “colorist”, step by step
colorist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English color
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | color | The spectral composition of visible light; A... |
| 2 | French | couleur | color, colour; a flush; suit |
| 3 | Italian | colore | color, colour; hue; pip |
| 4 | Polish | kolor | colour; suit; flush |
| 5 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |