Where does “beletrysta” come from?

beletrysta (Polish) comes from German Belletrist, from German -ist, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

beletrysta (Polish): belletrist, fiction writer

Definitions

  1. belletrist, fiction writer

Ancestry of “beletrysta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBelletristbelletrist, aesthete
2German-ist-ist; Also see
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

Words derived from “beletrysta

Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tāsEvery word from Ancient Greek -τήςEvery word from Latin -ista
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