Where does “intercantonal” come from?
intercantonal (Spanish) comes from Spanish cantonal, from Spanish cantón, from Portuguese Cantão, from Portuguese canto, from Old Portuguese canto, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
intercantonal (Spanish): Between cantons
Ancestry of “intercantonal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | cantonal | cantonal |
| 2 | Spanish | cantón | canton, district; division of a flag or a coat of... |
| 3 | Portuguese | Cantão | — |
| 4 | Portuguese | canto | singing; chant; a bird’s song |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | canto | — |
| 6 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 7 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 8 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 9 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |