Where does “hinganta” come from?
hinganta (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano kanta, from Spanish canta, from Spanish cantar, from Latin cantāre, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
hinganta (Cebuano): fond of singing
Ancestry of “hinganta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Cebuano | kanta | a song; to sing; to fellate; to perform oral sex |
| 2 | Spanish | canta | |
| 3 | Spanish | cantar | to sing; A type of shanty or popular song |
| 4 | Latin | cantāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 6 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 7 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |