Where does “chanto” come from?

chanto (Galician) comes from Galician chantar, from Latin plantō, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

chanto (Galician): slabstone which, planted vertically, is used to fence off land

Definitions

  1. slabstone which, planted vertically, is used to fence off land

Ancestry of “chanto”, step by step

chanto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician chantar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianchantarto plant; to thrust; to secure, strengthen
2Latinplantōto plant, set
3Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
4Proto-Italicplāntā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

via Old Portuguese chanto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesechanto—
2Latinplanctusstruck, beaten; bewailed, lamented, mourned;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā →