Where does “verbalist” come from?

verbalist (English) comes from English verbal, from Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbalis, from Latin verbum, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

verbalist (English): One who possesses verbal or oratorical skill; One...

Definitions

  1. One who possesses verbal or oratorical skill; One...

Ancestry of “verbalist”, step by step

verbalist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English verbal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishverbalOf or relating to words; Concerned with the...
2Old Frenchverbal
3Late Latinverbalisbelonging to a word; wordy, verbal
4Latinverbumword; proverb, saying; verb
5Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via English ist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishistA practitioner or supporter of an ism
2English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
3Old French-iste
4Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
5Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tās

Words derived from “verbalist

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek λέγωEvery word from Ancient Greek λόγος