Where does “lingvistă” come from?

lingvistă (Romanian) comes from Romanian lingvist, from French linguiste, from French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

lingvistă (Romanian): female equivalent of lingvist

Definitions

female equivalent of lingvist

Ancestry of “lingvistă”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Romanian	lingvist	linguist
2	French	linguiste	linguist
3	French	-iste	-ist; -istic
4	Latin	-ista	-ist; one who practises or believes
5	Ancient Greek	-ιστής	Alternative form of -τής; -ist
6	Ancient Greek	-τής	Appended to verbs to form agent nouns
7	Proto-Hellenic	-tās	—

Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →Every word from French -iste →