Where does “-iste” come from?

-iste (Old French) comes from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

Ancestry of “-iste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
2Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
3Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
4Proto-Hellenic-tās—

Words derived from “-iste”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →Every word from Latin -ista →
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