Where does “motoristă” come from?
motoristă (Romanian) comes from Romanian motorist, from French motoriste, from French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.
motoristă (Romanian): female equivalent of motorist
Definitions
- female equivalent of motorist
Ancestry of “motoristă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | motorist | auto mechanic, motor mechanic |
| 2 | French | motoriste | engine manufacturer; enginer |
| 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 | — |