Where does “Opernkünstler” come from?
Opernkünstler (German) comes from German Künstler, from German -ler, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Opernkünstler (German): opera artist male or of unspecified sex
Definitions
- opera artist male or of unspecified sex
Ancestry of “Opernkünstler”, step by step
Opernkünstler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Künstler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Künstler | artist |
| 2 | German | -ler | used to create agent nouns, similar to -er |
| 3 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 4 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via German oper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | oper | opera theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance |
| 2 | Italian | opera | work; means, help, services; opus |
| 3 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 4 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |