Where does “scenarista” come from?

scenarista (Italian) comes from Czech scénář, from Czech -ář, from Proto-Slavic -ařь, from Gothic -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

scenarista (Italian): dramatist, playwright; screenwriter

Definitions

  1. dramatist, playwright; screenwriter

Ancestry of “scenarista”, step by step

scenarista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech scénář

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechscénářscript; scenario, screenplay
2Czech-ářa suffix appended to words to create an agent...
3Proto-Slavic-ařь-er
4Gothic-𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Italian scenario

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscenarioscenery, set; backdrop
2Italianscenascene; stage
3Latinscaenastage; scene; theatre
4Ancient Greekσκηνήtent; stage
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃ih₂shadow, shade
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Czech -ář →