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Where does “קלאַרנעטיסט” come from?

קלאַרנעטיסט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קלאַרנעט, from Polish klarnet, from French clarinette, from Italian clarinetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et.

קלאַרנעטיסט (Yiddish): clarinetist

Definitions

  1. clarinetist

Ancestry of “קלאַרנעטיסט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקלאַרנעטclarinet
2Polishklarnet—
3Frenchclarinetteclarinet
4Italianclarinettoclarinet
5Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
6English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
7Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
8Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
9Latin-ātus—
10Proto-Italic-ātos—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
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