Where does “shanty” come from?
Shanty derives from French chantez, from Latin cantherius, though the precise semantic path from "horse" to the English word remains unclear.
shanty (English): A roughly-built hut or cabin; A rudimentary or...
Definitions
- A roughly-built hut or cabin; A rudimentary or...
Ancestry of “shanty”, step by step
shanty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French chantez
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chantez | second-person plural present indicative of... |
| 2 | Middle French | chant | song |
| 3 | Old French | chant | song |
| 4 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 5 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 6 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 7 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Canadian French chantier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canadian French | chantier | lumberjack's headquarters; building site;... |
| 2 | Latin | cantherius | horse; rafter; prop, shore |