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Where does “fiþelere” come from?

fiþelere (Middle English) comes from Old English fiþelere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

fiþelere (Middle English): A musician who plays a bowed string instrument; a...

Definitions

  1. A musician who plays a bowed string instrument; a...

Ancestry of “fiþelere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfiþelere—
2Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
3Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-ārius—
6Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “fiþelere”

  • fiddler
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