Where does “chanteor” come from?

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

chanteor (Old French): singer

Definitions

  1. singer

Ancestry of “chanteor”, step by step

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

Words derived from “chanteor

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin cantor