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Where does “villanellist” come from?

villanellist (English) comes from English villanelle, from French villanelle, from Italian villanella, from Italian villano, from Latin vīllānus, from Latin vīlla, from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

villanellist (English): A writer of villanelles

Definitions

  1. A writer of villanelles

Ancestry of “villanellist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvillanelleA type of poem, consisting of five tercets and...
2Frenchvillanellevillanelle
3Italianvillanella—
4Italianvillanorude, bad-mannered; A rude or bad-mannered...
5Latinvīllānus—
6Latinvīlla—
7Latinveterathe old; old times, ancient times, antiquity
8Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
9Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
10Proto-Italic-tus—
11Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
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