-isto

See also: isto, Isto, istô, īsto, and isto-

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -isto

Suffix

-isto

  1. a person who belongs to a profession occupied with
    ‎maro (“sea”) + ‎-isto → ‎maristo (“sailor”).

Usage notes

-isto is not as broad as English -ist.

It is important to distinguish between an -anto, someone who is doing something, and an -isto, someone whose job it is to do something. For example, if you are cooking dinner, you are a kuiranto (“cook (someone who is cooking)”). If you are employed as a chef, you are a kuiristo (“cook (by profession)”).

Also note that in Esperanto, membership is denoted by -ano. For example, a colonist is a koloniano, not a *koloniisto.

Derived terms
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