Where does “chanteur” come from?

chanteur (French) comes from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

chanteur (French): that sings; singer

Definitions

  1. that sings; singer

Ancestry of “chanteur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchanteorsinger
2Latincantorsinger; player; first-person singular present...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “chanteur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin cantor →
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