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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Adverbial form derived from -ίζω (-ízō)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /is.tí/ → /isˈti/ → /isˈti/
Suffix
-ιστί • (-istí)
- Appended to names of peoples to denote to speak in their language or dialect
- Ἀττικός (Attikós) + -ιστί (-istí) → ἀττικιστί (attikistí, “in the Attic dialect”)
- Δωριεύς (Dōrieús) + -ιστί (-istí) → δωριστί (dōristí, “in the Doric dialect”)
- Λατῖνος (Latînos) + -ιστί (-istí) → λατῑνιστί (latīnistí, “in the Latin language, in Latin”)
- Πέρσης (Pérsēs) + -ιστί (-istí) → περσιστί (persistí, “in the Persian language, in Persian”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ιστί (-istí), from verb ending -ίζω (-ízo).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ιστί • (-istí)
- (formal, archaic, Katharevousa) added to a country adjective to make an adverb indicating use of that specific language:
- Έλληνας (Éllinas, “Greek”) + -ιστί (-istí) → ελληνιστί (ellinistí, “in Greek”)
- Γάλλος (Gállos, “French”) + -ιστί (-istí) → γαλλιστί (gallistí, “in French”)
- Λατίνος (Latínos, “Latin”) + -ιστί (-istí) → λατινιστί (latinistí, “in Latin”)
Derived terms
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