English
schemester
From scheme + -ster.
Formed from scheme + -ster
Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’
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Proto-Hellenic *skʰḗmə
Ancient Greek σχῆμα ‘form, shape’
Medieval Latin schēma ‘figure, form’
Middle English scheame
English scheme
Today it means
noun One who carries out schemes; a fraudster.
Sources
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Etymograph / schemester