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Where does “soliste” come from?

soliste (French) comes from Italian solista, from Italian -ista, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

soliste (French): soloist

Definitions

  1. soloist

Ancestry of “soliste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansolistasolo; soloist
2Italian-ista-ist
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 “soliste”

  • солист
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