Where does “acantoar” come from?
acantoar (Galician) comes from Galician cantón, from Galician canto, from Old Portuguese canto, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
acantoar (Galician): to corner
Definitions
- to corner
Ancestry of “acantoar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | cantón | corner, extreme of a field; promenade; canton,... |
| 2 | Galician | canto | singing; hymn, song; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | canto | — |
| 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 |