The story
- Latin · derived fromcantor
- Old French · derived fromchanteor
- Middle English · inherited fromchauntour
- English todaychanter
From Middle English chauntour, from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor; equivalent to chant + -er. Compare French chanteur. Doublet of cantor.
Words from the same roots
Latincantor all →
cantor
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.