Where does “nutritionist” come from?
Nutritionist comes from English nutrition plus the suffix -ista from Latin, derived from Ancient Greek -ιστής, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to nourish or feed.
nutritionist (English): An expert or specialist in nutrition or...
Definitions
- An expert or specialist in nutrition or...
Ancestry of “nutritionist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nutrition | The organic process by which an organism... |
| 2 | Middle French | nutrition | — |
| 3 | Old French | nutricion | — |
| 4 | Latin | nūtrītiō | nutrition |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |