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
Ancestry of “descanter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | descant | A lengthy discourse on a subject; A counterpoint... |
| 2 | Romanian | descântec | — |
| 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 |