Where does “romanseskrywer” come from?

romanseskrywer (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans skrywer, from Dutch schrijver, from Middle Dutch schriver.

romanseskrywer (Afrikaans): romance writer

Definitions

  1. romance writer

Ancestry of “romanseskrywer”, step by step

romanseskrywer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans skrywer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansskrywerwriter
2Dutchschrijverwriter, author; scribe, clerk
3Middle Dutchschriver—

via Afrikaans romanse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansromanse—
Every word from Middle Dutch schriver →Every word from Dutch schrijver →Every word from Afrikaans skrywer →