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
- A person who writes satire
Ancestry of “satirist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 2 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |