Where does “futurist” come from?

Futurist derives from English future with the suffix -ist, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής denoting an agent or practitioner, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi meaning "to be."

futurist (English): An adherent to the principles of the artistic...

Definitions

  1. An adherent to the principles of the artistic...

Ancestry of “futurist”, 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 “futurist”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from English -ist →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →