Where does “volejbolists” come from?

volejbolists (Latvian) comes from Latvian -ists, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

volejbolists (Latvian): volleyball player, volleyballer

Definitions

  1. volleyball player, volleyballer

Ancestry of “volejbolists”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-istsAdded to nouns to form masculine nouns denoting...
2Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
3Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
4Proto-Hellenic-tās
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tāsEvery word from Ancient Greek -τήςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ιστής
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