Where does “morāliste” come from?
morāliste (Latvian) comes from Latvian morālists, from Latvian -ists, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.
morāliste (Latvian): moralist
Ancestry of “morāliste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | morālists | moralist |
| 2 | Latvian | -ists | Added to nouns to form masculine nouns denoting... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |