Where does “elegist” come from?

elegist (English) comes from Romanian elegie, from French élégie, from Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία ᾠδή, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεῖος, from Ancient Greek ἔλεγος — poem or song of lament; mournful poem; song,...

elegist (English): A writer of funeral songs; one who writes in...

Definitions

  1. A writer of funeral songs; one who writes in...

Ancestry of “elegist”, step by step

elegist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian elegie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianelegieelegy
2Frenchélégieelegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)
3Middle Frenchelegieelegy
4Latinelegīaelegy
5Ancient Greekἐλεγεία ᾠδήan elegiac song
6Ancient Greekἐλεγείαelegy
7Ancient Greekἐλεγεῖοςelegiac
8Ancient Greekἔλεγοςpoem or song of lament; mournful poem; song,...

via English elegy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishelegyA mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a...
2Hungarianelegyítto mix
Every word from Ancient Greek ἔλεγος