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Where does “crayonist” come from?

crayonist (English) comes from English crayon, from French crayon, from French craie, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

crayonist (English): An artist who uses crayons

Definitions

  1. An artist who uses crayons

Ancestry of “crayonist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrayonA stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing;...
2Frenchcrayonpencil; pen; cock, dick, prick
3Frenchcraiechalk
4LatinCrēta—
5Latin-āceus—
6Latin-āx—
7Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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