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Where does “mineralista” come from?

mineralista (Italian) comes from Romanian mineralist, from Romanian mineral, from French minéral, from German Mineral, from Medieval Latin minerale, from Latin minera, from Middle French miniere, from Middle French -ier — he, she.

mineralista (Italian): mineralogist

Definitions

  1. mineralogist

Ancestry of “mineralista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmineralist—
2Romanianmineral—
3Frenchminéralmineral
4GermanMineralmineral
5Medieval Latinmineralemineral, ore, mine; nominative neuter singular of...
6Latinmineramine; vein; mineral
7Middle Frenchminiereunderground passage or area
8Middle French-ierAlternative form of -er
9Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
10Latin-āre—
11Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
12Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
15Chichewaiyehe, she
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