Where does “descant recorder” come from?
descant recorder (English) comes from English descant, from Romanian descântec, from Romanian cântec, from Latin canticum, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
Ancestry of “descant recorder”, step by step
descant recorder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English descant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | descant | A lengthy discourse on a subject; A counterpoint... |
| 2 | Romanian | descântec | magic spell, enchantment |
| 3 | Romanian | cântec | song |
| 4 | Latin | canticum | song; passage in a comedy chanted or sung;... |
| 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 |