Where does “cantão” come from?

cantão (Portuguese) comes from French canton, from Middle French canton, from Old French canton, from Old Occitan canton — corner; canton.

cantão (Portuguese): canton; Augmentative of canto; Obsolete spelling...

Definitions

  1. canton; Augmentative of canto; Obsolete spelling...

Ancestry of “cantão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcantoncanton of Switzerland, France, Luxembourg or Bosnia-Herzegovina
2Middle Frenchcanton—
3Old Frenchcantoncorner
4Old Occitancantoncorner; canton
Every word from Old Occitan canton →Every word from Old French canton →Every word from Middle French canton →