Cant

Morpheme

Cant

Type

free base

Denotation

sing, chant; jargon, slang

Etymology

Latin cantāre, from canere + -tāre

Evidence

cant, cantabile, cantata, canter, cantilena, cantilenas, cantion, cantions, canto, cantor, cantorate, cantors, cantrices, cantrix, cants, cantus, descant, incant, incantation, incanted, incanting, incantor, incants, outcant

Notes

cantor and chanter are doublets

Doublet

Chant

See Also

Chant, Cantice, Cent

Homographs

Cant, Cant