Where does “pianist” come from?
Pianist comes from French pianiste, formed with the French suffix -iste from Latin -ista, ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάνος meaning wandering or roaming.
pianist (English): A person who plays the piano, particularly with...
Definitions
- A person who plays the piano, particularly with...
Ancestry of “pianist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pianiste | pianist |
| 2 | Italian | pianista | pianist |
| 3 | Italian | piano | plane; flat, level; plain |
| 4 | Italian | -ano | Used with a stem to form the third-person plural... |
| 5 | Latin | -ant | third-person plural present active indicative of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “pianist”