stæfwritere
Old English
noun
Definitions
- writer, author, writer of letters
- grammarian
Etymology
Affix from Old English stæf (letter, staff, grammarical, grammar) + Old English wrītere (writer, scribe, painter, draughtsman, copyist).
Origin
Old English
wrītere
Gloss
writer, scribe, painter, draughtsman, copyist
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *stabaz Proto-Germanic
- arstafas Old English
- bocstæf Old English
- cranicwritere Old English
- stæf Old English
- stæfcræft Old English
- stæfleahter Old English
- stæflic Old English
- stæfrof Old English
- stæfwis Old English
- stærwritere Old English
- tidwritere Old English
- wrītere Old English
- wyrdstæf Old English
- staf Middle English
- writer Middle English