Where does “descantist” come from?
descantist (English) comes from English descant, from Romanian descântec, from Romanian cântec, from Latin canticum, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
descantist (English): One who plays a descant
Definitions
- One who plays a descant
Ancestry of “descantist”, step by step
descantist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English descant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | descant | A lengthy discourse on a subject; A counterpoint... |
| 2 | Romanian | descântec | magic spell, enchantment |
| 3 | Romanian | cântec | song |
| 4 | Latin | canticum | song; passage in a comedy chanted or sung;... |
| 5 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 6 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 8 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |