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Where does “dichter” come from?

dichter (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch dichtere, from Middle Dutch -ere, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

dichter (Dutch): poet

Definitions

  1. poet

Ancestry of “dichter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchdichterewriter
2Middle Dutch-ereForms agent nouns from verbs
3Old Dutch-āri—
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-ārius—
6Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “dichter”

  • toondichter
  • toondichteres
  • dichteres
  • digter
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