watercolorist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Germanic *watōr

Proto-West Germanic *watar

Old English wæter

Middle English water

English water

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs

Proto-Italic *kelōs

Old Latin colōs

Latin color

Old French color

Anglo-Norman colurbor.

Middle English colour

English color

English watercolor

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 watercolorist

From watercolor + -ist.

Noun

watercolorist (plural watercolorists)

1. (art) A painter who paints watercolors.

Translations

a painter who paints watercolors — see watercolourist