cultist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English cult

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English cultist

From cult + -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌltɪst/

Noun

cultist (plural cultists)

1. A member of a cult.

Derived terms

• anticultist
• counter-cultist
• death cultist
• multicultist
• Qultist

Translations

member of a cult

• Esperanto: sektano
• French: sectateur (fr) m
• Russian: сектант (ru) m (sektant)
• Spanish: sectario (es) m
• Swedish: sektmedlem (sv) c

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cultiste. By surface analysis, cult +‎ -ist.

Adjective

cultist m or n (feminine singular cultistă, masculine plural cultiști, feminine/neuter plural cultiste)

1. cultic

Declension

Declension of cultist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	cultist		cultistă	cultiști	cultiste
	definite	cultistul		cultista	cultiștii	cultistele
genitive- dative	indefinite	cultist		cultiste	cultiști	cultiste
	definite	cultistului		cultistei	cultiștilor	cultistelor