Where does “Singer” come from?
Singer (English) comes from Middle English synger, from Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Singer (English): A sewing machine of the Singer brand; A former...
Definitions
- A sewing machine of the Singer brand; A former...
Ancestry of “Singer”, step by step
Singer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English synger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | synger | A singer; A musician; A reciter of chants |
| 2 | Middle English | -ere | er |
| 3 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |