Where does “glockenspielist” come from?
glockenspielist (English) comes from English glockenspiel, from German Glockenspiel, from German glocke, from Middle High German glocke, from Old High German klocca, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc.
glockenspielist (English): Someone who plays a glockenspiel
Definitions
- Someone who plays a glockenspiel
Ancestry of “glockenspielist”, step by step
glockenspielist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English glockenspiel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | glockenspiel | A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone... |
| 2 | German | Glockenspiel | a mechanical construction which plays at certain... |
| 3 | German | glocke | bell percussive instrument |
| 4 | Middle High German | glocke | — |
| 5 | Old High German | klocca | bell; clock |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *klokkā | bell |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | clocca | bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so... |
| 8 | Old Irish | cloc | bell; clock |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | klokkos | bell |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klēg- | — |
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 | — |