英语词汇cantor的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cantor
词源	cantor n. 1530s, "church song-leader," from Latin cantor "singer, poet, actor," agent noun from past-participle stem of canere "to sing" (from PIE root kan- "to sing"). Applied in English to the Hebrew chazzan from 1893. Related: Cantorial. Entries linking to cantor* *kan- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to sing." It forms all or part of: accent; cant (n.1); cantabile; cantata; cantatrice; canticle; canto; cantor; canzone; Carmen; chanson; chant; chanter; chanteuse; chanty; chanticleer; charm; concent; descant; enchant; enchantment; hen; incantation; incentive; oscine; precentor; recant. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Greek eikanos "cock," literally "bird who sings (for sunrise);" Latin cantare, canere "to sing;" Old Irish caniaid "sings," Welsh canu "sing;" Old English hana "cock." updated on November 03, 2022
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