Etymology of the English word percussionist
the English word
percussionistusing the English suffix
-istderived from the Latin suffix
-istaderived from the Greek suffix
-istesderived from the English word
percussionderived from the Latin word
percussio (striking; beat; percussion, action of beating)
derived from the Latin word
percussus (buffeting; beating)
derived from the Latin word
percutere (beat, strike; pierce)
using the Late Latin prefix
per-derived from the Latin word
per (through)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perderived from the Latin word
quatere (shake)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kwet-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kwēt-Usage
Word found in Modern English
