Where does “cant” come from?
cant (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Northern French cant, from Medieval Latin canthus.
cant (Middle Dutch): point, side, edge
Ancestry of “cant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Northern French | cant | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | canthus | — |
Words derived from “cant”