Where does “șanteză” come from?
șanteză (Romanian) comes from French chanteuse, from French chanteur, 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.
șanteză (Romanian): songstress
Definitions
- songstress
Ancestry of “șanteză”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chanteuse | feminine singular of chanteur; female equivalent... |
| 2 | French | chanteur | that sings; singer |
| 3 | Old French | chanteor | singer |
| 4 | Latin | cantor | singer; player; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |