"-ista" meaning in Italian

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Suffix

Forms: -isti [masculine, plural], -iste [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs). Etymology templates: {{etymon|it|:bor|la:-ista}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-tās", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-τής", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐστής", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ista", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "-ista", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="-ista">, {{bor+|it|la|-ista}} Borrowed from Latin -ista, {{der|it|grc|-ιστής}} Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs) Head templates: {{it-noun|mfbysense}} -ista m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, masculine plural -isti, feminine plural -iste)
  1. -ist Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, morpheme Related terms: -ismo, -istico
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Inflected forms

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