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 — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

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 Englishfiþelerefiddler, especially a male one
2Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
3Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “fiþelere”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old English -ere →