Where does “popcraft” come from?
popcraft (English) comes from English craft, from German kraft, from Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
popcraft (English): The skillful composition of pop music
Definitions
- The skillful composition of pop music
Ancestry of “popcraft”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | craft | Strength; power; might; force; Intellectual... |
| 2 | German | kraft | on the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kraft | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kraft | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |