Where does “lingvistic” come from?

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

lingvistic (Romanian): linguistic

Definitions

  1. linguistic

Ancestry of “lingvistic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlinguistiquelinguistic; linguistics
2Frenchlinguistelinguist
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 →