Where does “lycanthropist” come from?
lycanthropist (English) comes from English lycanthropy, from English lycanthrope, from Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
lycanthropist (English): One affected by the disease lycanthropy
Definitions
- One affected by the disease lycanthropy
Ancestry of “lycanthropist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lycanthropy | The state of being a lycanthrope , a person who... |
| 2 | English | lycanthrope | A werewolf; More generally, any sort of... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λυκάνθρωπος | werewolf, lycanthrope |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἄνθρωπος | — |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |