Where does “guitjoist” come from?
guitjoist (English) comes from English ist, from English -ist, from Old French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.
guitjoist (English): Someone who plays a guitjo
Definitions
- Someone who plays a guitjo
Ancestry of “guitjoist”, step by step
guitjoist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 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 English guitjo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | guitjo | A banjo-like string instrument, with fourteen... |
| 2 | English | guitar | A stringed musical instrument, of European... |
| 3 | Spanish | guitarra | guitar |
| 4 | Old Spanish | guitarra | classical guitar |
| 5 | Arabic | قِيثَارَة | — |
| 6 | Latin | cithara | cithara, lyre, lute, guitar; guitar |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κιθάρα | lyre; the ribs of the horse; ivy |