Where does “cantonization” come from?
cantonization (English) comes from English cantonize, 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.
cantonization (English): subdivision of a land into small districts
Definitions
- subdivision of a land into small districts
Ancestry of “cantonization”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cantonize | To divide into cantons or small districts |
| 2 | English | Canton | Guangzhou; Guangdong |
| 3 | Portuguese | Cantão | canton state-level subdivision of Switzerland, Luxembourg and Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 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 |