Etymology of the English word encyclopedist
the English word encyclopedist
using the English suffix -ist
derived from the English word encyclopedia
derived from the New Latin word encyclopaedia (encyclopedia)
derived from the Greek word egkuklopaideia
derived from the Greek word paideia, παιδεία (tutorage; education or training; by implication, disciplinary correction)
derived from the Greek word pais, παῖς (a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God))
derived from the Greek word paidos, παιδός