trompisto

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

French tromperbor.

Esperanto trompi

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs)bor.

Esperanto -isto

Esperanto trompisto

From trompi (“deceive”) + -isto (“-ist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tromˈpisto/
• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: trom‧pis‧to
• Hyphenation: tromp‧isto

Noun

trompisto (accusative singular trompiston, plural trompistoj, accusative plural trompistojn)

1. con artist, swindler