Where does “toondichter” come from?
toondichter (Dutch) comes from Dutch dichter, 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).
toondichter (Dutch): music composer
Definitions
- music composer
Ancestry of “toondichter”, step by step
toondichter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dichter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dichter | poet |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dichtere | writer |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -ere | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -āri | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via Dutch toon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | toon | tone; Dated form of teen; The front portion of a... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | toon | — |
| 3 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |