-ist

Ist is defined as involved in a particularly field or having a certain interest or belief.

(suffix)

An example of ist used as a suffix is in the word druggist, a person with an interest in drugs and medications.

See -ist in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a person who does, makes, or practices (the thing specified): words so formed correspond to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism: moralist, satirist
a person skilled in or occupied with; an expert in: druggist, violinist
an adherent of or believer in: anarchist
a person having or displaying prejudice related to: ageist

Origin: ME -iste < OFr < L -ista < Gr -istēs < verbs ending in -izein

forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -ism or -ist: Darwinist, escapist, ageist

See -ist in American Heritage Dictionary 4

abbreviation

insulin shock therapy

suffix

a. One that performs a specified action: lobbyist.
b. One that produces, makes, operates, plays, or is connected with a specified thing: novelist.
A specialist in a specified art, science, or skill: biologist.
An adherent or advocate of a specified doctrine, theory, or school of thought: anarchist.
One that is characterized by a specified trait or quality: romanticist.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English -iste

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin -istēs, -ista

Origin: , from Greek -istēs, agent n. suff

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