Where does “șansonetist” come from?
șansonetist (Romanian) comes from Romanian șansonetă, from French chansonnette, from Old French chançonete, from Old French chançon, from Latin cantiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
șansonetist (Romanian): songwriter
Definitions
- songwriter
Ancestry of “șansonetist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | șansonetă | chansonette |
| 2 | French | chansonnette | chansonnette |
| 3 | Old French | chançonete | rhyme or short song |
| 4 | Old French | chançon | song |
| 5 | Latin | cantiō | song, singing, playing |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |