Where does “linguistique” come from?

linguistique (French) comes from French linguiste, from French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

linguistique (French): linguistic; linguistics

Definitions

  1. linguistic; linguistics

Ancestry of “linguistique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlinguistelinguist
2French-iste-ist; -istic
3Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
4Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tās—

Words derived from “linguistique”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →Every word from French -iste →