Where does “Cantor” come from?

Cantor (English) comes from Latin cantor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Cantor (English): singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony

Definitions

  1. singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony

Ancestry of “Cantor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincantorsinger; player; first-person singular present...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “Cantor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin cantor →