Where does “palaestes” come from?

palaestes (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek παλαιστής, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

palaestes (Latin): wrestler

Definitions

  1. wrestler

Ancestry of “palaestes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπαλαιστήςwrestler
2Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
3Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
4Proto-Hellenic-tās—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →Every word from Ancient Greek -ιστής →