Where does “-isto” come from?

-isto (Esperanto) comes from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

-isto (Esperanto): a person who belongs to a profession occupied...

Definitions

  1. a person who belongs to a profession occupied...

Ancestry of “-isto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
2Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
3Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
4Proto-Hellenic-tās

Words derived from “-isto

Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tāsEvery word from Ancient Greek -τήςEvery word from Latin -ista