Where does “optometristi” come from?
optometristi (Finnish) comes from Finnish -isti, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.
optometristi (Finnish): optometrist
Ancestry of “optometristi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | -isti | -ist |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |