Where does “descanter” come from?
descanter (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.
descanter (English): One who descants
Definitions
- One who descants
Ancestry of “descanter”, step by step
descanter 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 |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |