The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀποφθέγματος
- English todayapothegmatist
From Ancient Greek ἀποφθέγματος (apophthégmatos) (the genitive of ἀπόφθεγμα (apóphthegma, “a thing uttered; especially, a terse, pointed saying, an apothegm”)) + English -ist (suffix forming nouns denoting people who practise or study particular disciplines).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.