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Where does “alkoholisták” come from?

alkoholisták (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian alkoholista, from English alcoholist, from English ist, from English -ist, from Old French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής.

alkoholisták (Hungarian): nominative plural of alkoholista

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of alkoholista

Ancestry of “alkoholisták”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianalkoholistaalcoholic
2EnglishalcoholistOne suffering from alcoholism; an alcoholic
3EnglishistA practitioner or supporter of an ism
4English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
5Old French-iste—
6Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
7Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
8Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
9Proto-Hellenic-tās—
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