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Latin word cantare comes from Proto-Indo-European *kana-, Latin -or, Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-, Latin canere, and later Proto-Italic *kanō (To sing.)
*kana- (Proto-Indo-European)
-or (Latin)
Used to form a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root or conceived root form.
*keh₂n- (Proto-Indo-European)
canere (Latin)
*kanō (Proto-Italic)
To sing.
cantus (Latin)
Song, chant, singing, incantation.
cano (Latin)
(intransitive) I chant.. (intransitive) I sing, make music.. (intransitive) I sound, play.. (intransitive, of a musical instrument) I sound, resound, play.. (intransitive, of owls) I hoot.. (transitive) I foretell, predict, prophesy.. (transitive) I sing, recite, play.. (transitive) I sound, play, blow (a trumpet), especially a military call.