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Where does “cantor” come from?

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

cantor (Latin): singer; player; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. singer; player; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “cantor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tor-er
2Proto-Italic-tōr—
3Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
4Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “cantor”

  • cantor
  • chanter
  • chanteuse
  • cantorial
  • accentor
  • cantoral
  • subchanter
  • chantoosie
  • cantress
  • cantoress
  • cantorem
  • accentor
  • cantor
  • sciantosa
  • cantore
  • chanteuse
  • chanteur
  • chantre
  • cantor
  • cantoria
  • kantor
  • chauntour
  • cantor
  • chantere
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