The story
- Latin · derived fromCanticum Canticorum“Song of Songs”
- English todayCanticles
A clipping of Canticle of Canticles, a calque of Latin Canticum Canticorum (“Song of Songs”).
Words from the same roots
LatinCanticum Canticorum all →
Canticle of CanticlesSong of Songs
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.