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Where does “kanton” come from?

kanton (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kanto, from Esperanto -o, from Spanish -ó, from Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός, from Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ, from Aramaic ארמיא, from Aramaic ארם.

kanton (Esperanto): accusative singular of kanto

Definitions

  1. accusative singular of kanto

Ancestry of “kanton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokantosong; singing
2Esperanto-oNominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";...
3Spanish-óA suffix indicating the third-person singular...
4LatinAramaicus—
5Ancient GreekἈραμαϊκός—
6AramaicܐܪܡܝܐAramean; gentile
7Aramaicארמיא—
8Aramaicארם—
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