Etymology

classicist

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Today it means: A classical scholar, especially one who studies ancient Greek and Latin language and culture. Full definition →

English classic ← French classique ← Latin classicu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kelh₁-
  2. Proto-Italic*klāssis
  3. Latinclassis
  4. Latinclassicu
  5. Frenchclassique
  6. Englishclassic
  7. English todayclassicist

From classic + -ist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.