Where does “songster” come from?
songster (Middle English) comes from Old English sangestre, from Old English -estre, from Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā.
Ancestry of “songster”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | sangestre | singer |
| 2 | Old English | -estre | female agent suffix, especially denoting one who... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *-astrijā | — |
Words derived from “songster”