Etymology

symphonist

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Today it means: A composer of symphonies Full definition →

English symphony ← Middle English symphonye ← Old French simphonie
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekσῠ́μφωνος (sŭ́mphōnos)
  2. Ancient Greekσῠν- (sŭn-)
  3. Ancient Greekσῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ (sŭmphōnĭ́ā)
  4. Latinsymphōnia
  5. Old Frenchsimphonie
  6. Middle Englishsymphonye
  7. Englishsymphony
  8. English todaysymphonist

From symphony + -ist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.