What does -ista mean in Latin?

-ista, a suffix, means “-ist; one who practises or believes.”.

How do you pronounce -ista?

In classical Latin, [ɪs.ta]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [is.ta].

suffix · masculinefirst declension

-ista m or f (genitive -istae)

Classical[ɪs.ta]Ecclesiastical[is.ta]

From Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs), from the stems of verbs in -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) + the masculine agent noun suffix -τής (-tḗs).

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