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Where does “シンガーソングライター” come from?

シンガーソングライター (Japanese) comes from English singer-songwriter, 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.

シンガーソングライター (Japanese): singer-songwriter

Definitions

  1. singer-songwriter

Ancestry of “シンガーソングライター”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsinger-songwriterA musician who both sings and composes,...
2EnglishSingerA sewing machine of the Singer brand; A former...
3Middle EnglishsyngerA singer; A musician; A reciter of chants
4Middle English-ere—
5Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
6Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
7Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
8Latin-ārius—
9Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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