Where does “semantista” come from?
semantista (Italian) comes from Italian semantica, from French sémantique, from Ancient Greek σημαντικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Hellenic *-kos.
semantista (Italian): semanticist
Ancestry of “semantista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | semantica | semantics; feminine singular of semantico |
| 2 | French | sémantique | semantic; semantics |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σημαντικός | significant, giving signs |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-kos | — |