Where does “centista” come from?

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

centista (Italian): hundred metre / meter sprinter or swimmer

Definitions

  1. hundred metre / meter sprinter or swimmer

Ancestry of “centista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-ista-ist
2Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
3Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
4Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
5Proto-Hellenic-tās—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →Every word from Latin -ista →