Etymology

cantiga

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Today it means: A medieval monophonic song, sometimes religious, characteristic of the Galician-Portuguese lyric. Full definition →

Portuguese cantiga ← Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga
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The story

  1. Old Galician-Portuguese · derived fromcantiga
  2. Portuguese · borrowed fromcantiga
  3. English todaycantiga

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese cantiga, from Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga.

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