Where does “nothingist” come from?

nothingist (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.

nothingist (English): A person of no particular beliefs

Definitions

  1. A person of no particular beliefs

Ancestry of “nothingist”, step by step

nothingist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English nothing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnothingAPI; Not any thing; no thing; An absence of...
2Middle EnglishnothyngNot any thing; no thing
3Old Englishnāþing
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās