Etymology of the English word columnist
the English word
columnistusing the English suffix
-istderived from the Latin suffix
-istaderived from the Greek suffix
-istesderived from the English word
columnderived from the Latin word
columna (column, pillar; stanchion; water-spout)
derived from the Latin word
columen (height, peak, summit)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kel-Derivations in other languages
Italian
columnistUsage
Word found in Modern English