Singer
/ˈsɪŋ.ər/noun
A person who sings, especially professionally.
Did you know?Singer is built from the ancient Germanic root for “to sing,” a word family that also gave English the eerie verb singe, originally tied to making something shrivel or burn with heat.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sengwh-
“to sing, chant”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*singaną
“to sing”
Old English
OE
singan
“to sing”
Old English
OE
-ere
“agent suffix meaning a doer of an action”
Middle English
ME
singer
“one who sings”
Modern English
English
singer
“a person who sings”