Etymology

cantorial

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or in the fashion of a cantor Full definition →

English cantor ← Latin cantor ← Proto-Italic *kanō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
  3. Proto-Italic*kanō
  4. Latincanō
  5. Latincantor
  6. Englishcantor
  7. English todaycantorial

From cantor + -ial.

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