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 — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

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-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “dichter”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →