Where does “flutist” come from?
flutist (English) comes from English flautist, from Italian flautista, from Italian -ista, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.
flutist (English): Alternative form of flautist
Definitions
- Alternative form of flautist
Ancestry of “flutist”, step by step
flutist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flautist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flautist | One who plays the flute |
| 2 | Italian | flautista | flautist |
| 3 | Italian | -ista | -ist |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |
via French flûtiste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | flûtiste | flutist, flautist |
| 2 | French | flûte | flute; blow!, drat! |
| 3 | Old French | fleüte | Alternative form of fleute |
| 4 | Italian | flauto | flute; recorder |
| 5 | Old Occitan | flaüt | flute musical instrument |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *flabeolum | — |
| 7 | Latin | flare | present active infinitive of flō; second-person... |