Where does “cantonizar” come from?

cantonizar (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.

cantonizar (Spanish): to form into cantons

Definitions

  1. to form into cantons

Ancestry of “cantonizar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcantóncanton, district; division of a flag or a coat of...
2PortugueseCantãocanton state-level subdivision of Switzerland, Luxembourg and Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eoEvery word from Latin caneo