Where does “canter” come from?
canter (Norman) comes from Old French canter, from Latin canto, 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.
canter (Norman): to list; to lean
Definitions
- to list; to lean
Ancestry of “canter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | canter | Alternative form of chanter |
| 2 | Latin | canto | I sing; I enchant, or call forth by charms,... |
| 3 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 4 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 6 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |