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Where does “eath-kent” come from?

eath-kent (English) comes from English kent, from English cant, from Middle English cant, from Middle Low German kant, from Middle Dutch kant, from Latin canthus, from Gaulish cantos, from Proto-Celtic cantos.

eath-kent (English): Easily known

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Ancestry of “eath-kent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishkentsimple past tense and past participle of ken; To...
2EnglishcantAn argot, the jargon of a particular class or...
3Middle Englishcantbold, lively, cant
4Middle Low Germankant—
5Middle Dutchkant—
6Latincanthusthe iron ring around a carriage wheel; the tire;...
7Gaulishcantos—
8Proto-Celticcantoscorner, rim
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂ndʰ—
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