Where does “cantel” come from?

cantel (Norman) comes from Old French chantel, from Latin cantellus, 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.

cantel (Norman): a portion of bread

Definitions

  1. a portion of bread

Ancestry of “cantel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchantelpart, corner, quarter
2Latincantellus
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eoEvery word from Latin caneo
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