Where does “occultist” come from?
Occultist comes from English occult plus the Latin suffix -ista, derived from Ancient Greek -ιστής, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to hide or conceal.
occultist (English): A person who dabbles in or practises occultism
Definitions
- A person who dabbles in or practises occultism
Ancestry of “occultist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | occult | To cover or hide from view; To dissimulate,... |
| 2 | French | occulte | occult; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | occultus | hidden, concealed, having been hidden; secret |
| 4 | Latin | occulo | I cover, hide, conceal |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |