The story
- Old French · derived fromsofiste
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromsofistre
- Middle English · inherited fromshophister
- English todaysophister
From Middle English shophister, sofister, sofistre, sophister, sophistre, sovyster, from Anglo-Norman sofistre, a variant of Old French sofiste, sophiste. Equivalent to sophist + -er.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.