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Where does “toondichteres” come from?

toondichteres (Dutch) comes from Dutch dichteres, 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.

toondichteres (Dutch): female music composer

Definitions

  1. female music composer

Ancestry of “toondichteres”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdichteresfemale poet; a poetess
2Dutchdichterpoet
3Middle Dutchdichterewriter
4Middle Dutch-ereForms agent nouns from verbs
5Old Dutch-āri—
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-ārius—
8Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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