Where does “kantista” come from?
kantista (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.
kantista (Cebuano): a singer
Definitions
- a singer
Ancestry of “kantista”, step by step
kantista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano kanta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | kanta | a song; to sing; to fellate; to perform oral sex |
| 2 | Spanish | canta | song; singing |
| 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 |
via English Kantist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Kantist | A Kantianist |
| 2 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 3 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 4 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |