Where does “hedonist” come from?

Hedonist derives from Ancient Greek ἡδονή, meaning pleasure.

hedonist (English): Someone devoted to hedonism

Definitions

  1. Someone devoted to hedonism

Ancestry of “hedonist”, 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 “hedonist”

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