Where does “composer” come from?
Composer comes from French compositeur, from Latin compositus (past participle of componere, "to put together"), ultimately from Ancient Greek παῦσις (pausis, "a stopping or ceasing").
composer (English): One who composes; an author; One who, or that...
Definitions
- One who composes; an author; One who, or that...
Ancestry of “composer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 2 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 3 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |