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Where does “cantar” come from?

cantar (Spanish) comes from Latin cantāre, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

cantar (Spanish): to sing; A type of shanty or popular song

Definitions

  1. to sing; A type of shanty or popular song

Ancestry of “cantar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincantāre—
2Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
3LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
4Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
5Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
6Proto-Italic-ējō—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “cantar”

  • cantamañanas
  • cantaleta
  • canta
  • cantarín
  • hinganta
  • kanta
  • kanta
  • kanta
  • etanta'ñö
  • ekantaa'ñö
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