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Where does “sciolistic” come from?

sciolistic (English) comes from English sciolism, from Late Latin sciolus, from Latin scius, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

sciolistic (English): Of or relating to sciolism, or a sciolist;...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to sciolism, or a sciolist;...

Ancestry of “sciolistic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsciolismThe practice, or an instance, of expressing...
2Late Latinsciolus—
3Latinsciuscognizant, knowing
4Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
5Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
6Proto-Italic-os—
7Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “sciolistic”

  • sciolistically
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