Where does “стихотворец” come from?
стихотворец (Russian) comes from Russian стихотворный, from Russian стих, from Old East Slavic стихъ, from Old Church Slavonic стихъ, from Ancient Greek στίχος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
стихотворец (Russian): poet
Definitions
- poet
Ancestry of “стихотворец”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | стихотворный | verse; written/expressed in verse; poetic |
| 2 | Russian | стих | verse; poem, poems; mood |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | стихъ | — |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | стихъ | verse |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στίχος | a row or file of soldiers; a line of poetry, a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |