Where does “jihadist” come from?

Jihadist derives from English jihad plus the suffix -ista from Latin, -ιστής from Ancient Greek meaning "one who practices," from -ίζω in Ancient Greek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -yéti.

jihadist (English): One who participates in a jihad; a mujahid;...

Definitions

  1. One who participates in a jihad; a mujahid;...

Ancestry of “jihadist”, 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 “jihadist”

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