Etymology

asantaist

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Today it means: A person who does not believe in Santa Claus. Full definition →

English Santa ← Dutch Sinterklaas ← Middle Dutch Sinter Clâes
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Middle DutchSinter Clâes
  7. DutchSinterklaas
  8. EnglishSanta Clausellip.
  9. EnglishSanta
  10. English todayasantaist

From a- + Santa + -ist., based on atheist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.