Where does “chantable” come from?
chantable (French) comes from English chant, from French chant, from Old French chant, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
chantable (French): singable, cantabile
Definitions
- singable, cantabile
Ancestry of “chantable”, step by step
chantable traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English chant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chant | To sing, especially without instruments, and as... |
| 2 | French | chant | song; The discipline of singing |
| 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 English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |