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Where does “солистка” come from?

солистка (Russian) comes from Russian соли́ст, from French soliste, from Italian solista, from Italian -ista, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

солистка (Russian): female soloist

Definitions

  1. female soloist

Ancestry of “солистка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсоли́ст—
2Frenchsolistesoloist
3Italiansolistasolo; soloist
4Italian-ista-ist
5Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
6Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
7Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
8Proto-Hellenic-tās—
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