Where does “satirist” come from?

Satirist comes from English satire, from Latin -ista, from Latin satira, from Latin satur meaning full or sated, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European seh₂-.

satirist (English): A person who writes satire

Definitions

  1. A person who writes satire

Ancestry of “satirist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
2Old French-iste—
3Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
4Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tās—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from English -ist →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →
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