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Where does “musicianship” come from?

Musicianship comes from Middle English -schipe, Old English -scipe, Proto-Germanic -skapiz, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European skab-, originally meaning to shape or form.

musicianship (English): The skill of a musician or of a composer

Definitions

  1. The skill of a musician or of a composer

Ancestry of “musicianship”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-shipAppended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a...
2Middle English-schipeAffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns...
3Old English-sċiepe—
4Proto-West Germanic-skapiForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
5Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
6Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
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