Where does “canteiro” come from?
canteiro (Portuguese) comes from Galician canto, from Old Portuguese 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.
canteiro (Portuguese): stonemason; median, central reservation; gantry
Definitions
- stonemason; median, central reservation; gantry
Ancestry of “canteiro”, step by step
canteiro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician canto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | canto | singing; hymn, song; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | canto | — |
| 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 |
via Portuguese canto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | canto | singing; chant; a bird’s song |