Where does “singeress” come from?

singeress (English) comes from English Singer, from Middle English synger, from Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

singeress (English): A female singer

Definitions

  1. A female singer

Ancestry of “singeress”, step by step

singeress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Singer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSingerA sewing machine of the Singer brand; A former...
2Middle EnglishsyngerA singer; A musician; A reciter of chants
3Middle English-ereer
4Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-āriuser
8Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Middle English syngeresse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsyngeresseA female singer; a songstress
2Middle English-esseDenotes a female form of otherwise male nouns...
3Old French-esseess used to form feminine nouns from masculine ones
4Latin-issa
5Ancient Greek-ῐσσᾰfemininizes masculine nouns in the first declension
6Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Middle English -ere
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