umanist

Maltese

Alternative forms

• umanista

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian umano

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 -istabor.

Italian -ista

Italian umanistabor.

Maltese umanist

Borrowed from Italian umanista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.maˈniːst/

• Audio (Gozo):

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• Rhymes: -iːst

Noun

umanist m (plural umanisti, feminine umanista)

1. humanist

Related terms

• inuman
• inumanament
• inumanità
• uman
• umanament
• umanitarjaniżmu
• umanitarju
• umanità
• umaniżmu
• umanizza
• umanizzazzjoni

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French humaniste. By surface analysis, uman +‎ -ist.

Noun

umanist m (plural umaniști, feminine equivalent umanistă)

1. humanist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	umanist	umanistul	umaniști	umaniștii
genitive-dative	umanist	umanistului	umaniști	umaniștilor
vocative	umanistule		umaniștilor

Related terms

• umanism

Further reading

• “umanist”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026