Where does “ocarinist” come from?
ocarinist (English) comes from English ocarina, from Italian ocarina, from Italian oca, from French oque, from Ottoman Turkish okka, from Arabic أُوقِيَّة, from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܩܝܐ, from Ancient Greek οὐγγία — arable; ploughed, cultivated.
ocarinist (English): Someone who plays the ocarina
Definitions
- Someone who plays the ocarina
Ancestry of “ocarinist”, step by step
ocarinist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ocarina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ocarina | A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at... |
| 2 | Italian | ocarina | ocarina |
| 3 | Italian | oca | goose; gander; goose, silly goose, airhead |
| 4 | French | oque | An oka: any of various units of mass formerly... |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | okka | — |
| 6 | Arabic | أُوقِيَّة | وِقِيَّة |
| 7 | Classical Syriac | ܐܘܢܩܝܐ | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | οὐγγία | — |
| 9 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 10 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 11 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 12 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 13 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 15 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 16 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 17 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 18 | Latin | arvus | arable; ploughed, cultivated |
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 | — |