Where does “cantores” come from?
cantores (Welsh) comes from Welsh cantor, from Middle Welsh kantor, from Latin cantor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
cantores (Welsh): female singer
Definitions
- female singer
Ancestry of “cantores”, step by step
cantores traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Welsh cantor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | cantor | singer |
| 2 | Middle Welsh | kantor | — |
| 3 | Latin | cantor | singer; player; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Welsh es
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | es | first-person singular preterite of mynd |