Where does “cantautor” come from?

cantautor (Spanish) comes from Spanish cantar, 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 — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

cantautor (Spanish): singer-songwriter

Definitions

  1. singer-songwriter

Ancestry of “cantautor”, step by step

cantautor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish cantar

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

via Spanish autor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishautorauthor
2Latinauctorseller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,...
3Latinaugeōto increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand
4Proto-Italicaugeōto increase; to enlarge
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂owg-éye-ti
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti