Esperanto

Suffix

-isto

1. a person who belongs to a profession occupied with, e.g. maro ‎(“sea”) + ‎-isto → ‎maristo ‎(“sailor”).

Derived terms

Usage notes

-isto is not as broad as English -ist.

It is important to distinguish between an -anto, someone who is doing something, and an -isto, someone whose job it is to do something. For example, if you are cooking dinner, you are a kuiranto ‎(“cook (someone who is cooking)”). If you are employed as a chef, you are a kuiristo ‎(“cook (by profession)”).

Also note that in Esperanto, membership is denoted by -ano. For example, a colonist is a koloniano, not a koloniisto.