Where does “metempsychosist” come from?
metempsychosist (English) comes from English metempsychosis, from Late Latin metempsychosis, from Ancient Greek μετεμψύχωσις, from Ancient Greek ἐμψυχόω, from Ancient Greek -όω, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
metempsychosist (English): One who believes in metempsychosis
Definitions
- One who believes in metempsychosis
Ancestry of “metempsychosist”, step by step
metempsychosist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English metempsychosis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metempsychosis | Transmigration of the soul, especially its... |
| 2 | Late Latin | metempsychosis | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μετεμψύχωσις | soul transmigration, metempsychosis |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐμψυχόω | to animate |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 | — |