Where does “белетристика” come from?
белетристика (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Belletristik, from German Belletrist, from German -ist, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.
белетристика (Serbo-Croatian): belles-lettres
Definitions
- belles-lettres
Ancestry of “белетристика”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Belletristik | fiction, belles-lettres |
| 2 | German | Belletrist | belletrist, aesthete |
| 3 | German | -ist | -ist; Also see |
| 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 | — |