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Where does “scafista” come from?

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

scafista (Italian): a person who maintains and repairs the hulls of...

Definitions

  1. a person who maintains and repairs the hulls of...

Ancestry of “scafista”, 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—

Words derived from “scafista”

  • antiscafisti
  • scafisti
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