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Where does “Kolumnist” come from?

Kolumnist (German) comes from English columnist, from English -ist, from Old French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

Kolumnist (German): columnist

Definitions

  1. columnist

Ancestry of “Kolumnist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcolumnistA regular writer of a column, such as in a...
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 “Kolumnist”

  • Kolumnistin
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →