Where does “cantle” come from?
cantle (English) comes from Middle English cantle, from Old French chantel, from Latin cantellus, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
cantle (English): A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off...
Definitions
- A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off...
Ancestry of “cantle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cantle | — |
| 2 | Old French | chantel | part, corner, quarter |
| 3 | Latin | cantellus | — |
| 4 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 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 |