Etymology of the English word altoist
the English word
altoistderived from the English word
altoderived from the Italian word
altoderived from the Latin word
altus (high; deep, profound; nourishing, support)
derived from the Latin word
alere (feed, nourish, rear)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*al-using the English suffix
-istderived from the Latin suffix
-istaderived from the Greek suffix
-istesUsage
Word found in Modern English