Where does “arkivista” come from?

arkivista (Maltese) comes from Italian archivista, from Italian -ista, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

arkivista (Maltese): archivist

Definitions

  1. archivist

Ancestry of “arkivista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianarchivistaarchivist; filing clerk
2Italian-ista-ist
3Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
4Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tās—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →Every word from Latin -ista →