Where does “inkhornist” come from?

inkhornist (English) comes from English inkhorn, from Middle English ynkhorn, from Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum, from Latin encaustus, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστος, from Ancient Greek ἐν- — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

inkhornist (English): One who uses or favours inkhorn terms

Definitions

  1. One who uses or favours inkhorn terms

Ancestry of “inkhornist”, step by step

inkhornist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English inkhorn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinkhornA small portable container, often made of horn,...
2Middle EnglishynkhornA small portable container, often made of horn,...
3Middle Englishynkeink
4Old Frenchenqueink
5Latinencaustumthe purple-red ink used by the later Roman...
6Latinencaustusburned in, encaustic; the encaustic mode of...
7Ancient Greekἔγκαυστοςburned in
8Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
9Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
10Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
11Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
12Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
13Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
14Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via English ist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishistA practitioner or supporter of an ism
2English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
3Old French-iste
4Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
5Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tās
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐν-