myEtymology.com: English etymology of semitist

Etymology of the English word semitist

the English word semitist

using the English suffix -ist

derived from the Latin suffix -ista

derived from the Greek suffix -istes

derived from the English word Semite

derived from the New Latin word semita (path)

derived from the Greek word Sem, Σήμ (Sem (Shem), a patriarch)

derived from the Hebrew word shem

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mei-