Where does “canteur” come from?

canteur (Norman) comes from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

canteur (Norman): singer

Definitions

  1. singer

Ancestry of “canteur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchanteorsinger
2Latincantorsinger; player; first-person singular present...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin cantor →