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Where does “chantre” come from?

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

chantre (French): singer, songster; cantor; bard, minstrel

Definitions

  1. singer, songster; cantor; bard, minstrel

Ancestry of “chantre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincantorsinger; player; first-person singular present...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →