Where does “cantaloupey” come from?
cantaloupey (English) comes from English cantaloupe, from French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo, from Italian canto, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
cantaloupey (English): Resembling cantaloupes, cantaloupe-like; Of, or...
Definitions
- Resembling cantaloupes, cantaloupe-like; Of, or...
Ancestry of “cantaloupey”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cantaloupe | A melon of species Cucumis melo subsp. melo with... |
| 2 | French | cantaloup | cantaloupe |
| 3 | Italian | Cantalupo | — |
| 4 | Italian | canto | song; singing; corner |
| 5 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 6 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 8 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |