Where does “magkanta” come from?

magkanta (Sambali) comes from Sambali kanta, from Spanish canta, from Spanish cantar, from Latin cantāre, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

magkanta (Sambali): to sing

Definitions

  1. to sing

Ancestry of “magkanta”, step by step

magkanta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sambali kanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sambalikantasong
2Spanishcantasong; singing
3Spanishcantarto sing; A type of shanty or popular song
4Latincantāre
5Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
6LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
7Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
8Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
9Proto-Italic-ējō
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Sambali mag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sambalimag
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eoEvery word from Latin caneo