Where does “ciclistă” come from?

ciclistă (Romanian) comes from Romanian ciclist, from French cycliste, from French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

ciclistă (Romanian): female equivalent of ciclist

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of ciclist

Ancestry of “ciclistă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianciclistcyclist, biker; cycling
2Frenchcyclistecyclist
3French-iste-ist; -istic
4Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
5Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tās—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →Every word from French -iste →