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Where does “chantere” come from?

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

Ancestry of “chantere”, step by step

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

Words derived from “chantere”

  • chantre
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