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Where does “cantón” come from?

cantón (Galician) comes from Galician canto, from Old Portuguese canto, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

cantón (Galician): corner, extreme of a field; promenade; canton,...

Definitions

  1. corner, extreme of a field; promenade; canton,...

Ancestry of “cantón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancantosinging; hymn, song; first-person singular...
2Old Portuguesecanto—
3Latincantussung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted
4Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
5LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
6Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
7Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
8Proto-Italic-ējō—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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