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Where does “cantonal” come from?

cantonal (Spanish) comes from Spanish cantón, from Portuguese Cantão, from Portuguese canto, from Old Portuguese canto, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

cantonal (Spanish): cantonal

Definitions

  1. cantonal

Ancestry of “cantonal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcantóncanton, district; division of a flag or a coat of...
2PortugueseCantão—
3Portuguesecantosinging; chant; a bird’s song
4Old Portuguesecanto—
5Latincantussung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted
6Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
7LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
8Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
9Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
10Proto-Italic-ējō—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
12Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “cantonal”

  • intercantonal
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