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Words Latin Verb Cantare Meaning Sing Produces Directly

word CANT
meaning CANT, from the Latin verb cantare, meaning “sing,” produces several words that come directly from Latin. But some others came to English by way of French, which added an h to the root, giving us such words as chant and chantey.

Tags: mwvb::root, mwvb::unit:11, mwvb::unit:11:root, obsidian_to_anki

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