English
songwright
From song + wright.
Proto-Germanic *sangwaz ‘singing, song’
Proto-West Germanic *sangu ‘singing’
Old English sang
Middle English song ‘song’
English song
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’
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Proto-West Germanic *wurhti ‘deed, act’
Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō ‘worker, workman’
Old English wyrhta ‘worker, maker’
Middle English wrighte
English wright
Today it means
noun A songwriter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / songwright