Dutch

Suffix

-iste

1. -ist in the female form.

French

Etymology

From Latin -ista.

Suffix

-iste

1. -ist
2. -istic

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -īvistis (via -īsti).^[1] Example: Italian finiste, from Latin finivistis.

Suffix

-iste

1. Used with a stem to form the second-person plural past historic and imperfect subjunctive of regular -ire verbs

References

1. ↑ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, ISBN 88-15-08638-2, page 146

Latvian

Etymology 1

Feminine form of -ists.

Suffix

-iste

1. Added to nouns to form feminie nouns denoting members/followers of a principle, religion, philosophy, lifestyle, or system of belief (usually named by words in -isms), or who has a certain profession or activity, just like its English cognate -ist.

Related terms

• -ists (masculine counterpart of -iste)
• -isms (the corresponding profession / activity / system of belief)

Etymology 2

Apparently borrowed from Lithuanian -ystė, in words like karalỹstė ‎(“kingdom”).

Suffix

-iste

1. Used to form names of regions, areas, countries, etc. from the name of the their ruler: karalis “king” -> karaliste “kingdom.”

Derived terms

Norman

Suffix

-iste

1. -ist

Derived terms

Spanish

Suffix

-iste

1. Suffix indicating the second-person singular indicative preterite of -er and -ir verbs.

See also

• -aste