Where does “accantonare” come from?

accantonare (Italian) comes from French cantonner, from French Canton, from Middle French canton, from Old French canton, from Old Occitan canton — corner; canton.

accantonare (Italian): to set aside, to put aside, to shelve

Definitions

  1. to set aside, to put aside, to shelve

Ancestry of “accantonare”, step by step

accantonare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French cantonner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcantonnerto station; billet; to be stationed, be billeted;...
2FrenchCantoncanton of Switzerland, France, Luxembourg or Bosnia-Herzegovina
3Middle Frenchcanton—
4Old Frenchcantoncorner
5Old Occitancantoncorner; canton

via Italian cantone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancantonecanton; corner
2Latincanthusthe iron ring around a carriage wheel; the tire;...
3Gaulishcantos—
4Proto-Celticcantoscorner, rim
5Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂ndʰ—

Words derived from “accantonare”

Every word from Old Occitan canton →Every word from Old French canton →Every word from Middle French canton →