myEtymology.com: English etymology of pragmatist

Etymology of the English word pragmatist

the English word pragmatist

using the English suffix -ist

derived from the Latin suffix -ista

derived from the Greek suffix -istes

derived from the English word pragmatic

derived from the Latin word pragmaticus (pragmatic; skilled in business)

derived from the Greek word pragmatikos, πραγματικός

derived from the Greek word pragma, πρᾶγμα (a deed; by implication, an affair; by extension, an object (material))

derived from the Greek word prassein, πράσσω