Where does “dualist” come from?

Dualist comes from English dual, from Latin -ista meaning devotee or practitioner, from Latin -alis meaning relating to, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ meaning two.

dualist (English): Of or supporting dualism; Any person who supports...

Definitions

  1. Of or supporting dualism; Any person who supports...

Ancestry of “dualist”, 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 “dualist

Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās
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