Where does “existentialist” come from?

existentialist (German) comes from French existentialiste, from French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

existentialist (German): existentialist

Definitions

  1. existentialist

Ancestry of “existentialist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchexistentialisteexistentialist
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 “existentialist”

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