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Where does “decalogist” come from?

decalogist (English) comes from English Decalogue, from Middle French Décalogue, from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek δεκάλογος, from Ancient Greek -λόγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

decalogist (English): One who explains the Decalogue

Definitions

  1. One who explains the Decalogue

Ancestry of “decalogist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDecalogueAny set of rules that have the weight of...
2Middle FrenchDécalogue—
3Latindecalogus—
4Ancient Greekδεκάλογος—
5Ancient Greek-λόγοςword, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,...
6Ancient Greek-ός—
7Proto-Hellenic*-os—
8Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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