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Where does “cestista” come from?

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

cestista (Italian): basketball player, basketballer

Definitions

  1. basketball player, basketballer

Ancestry of “cestista”, 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 →