Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sanskritist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
san-skri-tist
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who studies Sanskrit.

noun

Alternative spelling of Sanskritist.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Sanskrit Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Sanskritist From Sanskrit + -ist.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does sanskritist mean?
A person who studies Sanskrit.
Where does sanskritist come from?
Etymology tree English Sanskrit Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Sanskritist From Sanskrit + -ist.

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