Where does “cantonalist” come from?
cantonalist (English) comes from English cantonal, from English Canton, from Portuguese Cantão, from Portuguese canto, from Old Portuguese canto, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
cantonalist (English): A supporter of cantonalism
Definitions
- A supporter of cantonalism
Ancestry of “cantonalist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cantonal | Of, pertaining to, or divided into cantons |
| 2 | English | Canton | Guangzhou; Guangdong |
| 3 | Portuguese | Cantão | — |
| 4 | Portuguese | canto | singing; chant; a bird’s song |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | canto | — |
| 6 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 7 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 8 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 9 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |