The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἑλληνιστής“somebody who speaks Greek”
- English todayHellenist
From Ancient Greek ἑλληνιστής (hellēnistḗs, “somebody who speaks Greek”), from ἑλληνίζειν (hellēnízein, “to speak Greek, to behave like a Greek, to become Greek, hellenize”) (infinitive of ἑλληνίζω (hellēnízō)), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἑλληνιστής all →
HellenisticHellenistic Greek
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.