Where does “canton” come from?

canton (Romanian) comes from French Canton, from Middle French canton, from Old French canton, from Old Occitan canton — corner; canton.

canton (Romanian): canton

Definitions

  1. canton

Ancestry of “canton”, 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 →