English
frugalist
From frugal + -ist.
Formed from frugal + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- ‘fruit’
Proto-Italic *frūks ‘produce, fruit’
Latin frūx ‘produce, crop, fruit’
Latin frugalis ‘virtuous, thrifty’
English frugal
Today it means
noun A person who acts or lives frugally.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / frugalist