Where does “meditatist” come from?
meditatist (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.
meditatist (English): One who is given to meditation
Definitions
- One who is given to meditation
Ancestry of “meditatist”, step by step
meditatist 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 meditate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meditate | To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon... |
| 2 | Latin | meditatus | meditated; intentional, premeditated |
| 3 | Latin | meditor | I think or reflect upon, consider, contemplate,... |
| 4 | Latin | medeor | I heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | medēōr | heal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |