Where does “fiddler” come from?
Fiddler comes from Middle English fiþelere, from Old English fiþelere, from Old English fiþele, from Medieval Latin vitula, from Latin Vitula.
fiddler (English): One who plays the fiddle; One who fiddles; A...
Definitions
- One who plays the fiddle; One who fiddles; A...
Ancestry of “fiddler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | fiþelere | A musician who plays a bowed string instrument; a... |
| 2 | Old English | fiþelere | fiddler, especially a male one |
| 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) |