Etymology

chanteur

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Today it means: A male singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer. Full definition →

French chanteur ← Old French chanteor ← Latin cantōrem
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
  3. Proto-Italic*kanō
  4. Latincanō
  5. Latincantōrem
  6. Old Frenchchanteor
  7. Frenchchanteur
  8. English todaychanteur

Borrowed from French chanteur (“male singer”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.