قنت
Moroccan Arabic
/qunt/
rootbox
Definitions
- corner
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Spanish canto derived from Latin canthus (ring, wheel, beak of a cup jug, metal rim of a wheel, tire, edge of a wheel, the tire of a wheel) derived from Ancient Greek κανθός (corner of the eye) derived from Latin cantus (song, chant, singing, metal rim of a wheel, corner, incantation) derived from Gaulish *cantos derived from Proto-Celtic *cantos (corner, rim) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kh₂ndʰ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- canthus English
- decant English
- *canthus Latin
- cantellus Latin
- canthus Latin
- canticum Latin
- cantus Latin
- cantina Italian
- canto Italian
- cant French
- chanfrein French
- cantil Spanish, Castilian
- canto Spanish, Castilian
- decantar Spanish, Castilian
- κανθός Ancient Greek
- *kan- Proto-Indo-European
- *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂ndʰ Proto-Indo-European
- kant Norwegian Bokmål
- kant Norwegian Nynorsk
- *cant Old French
- chant Old French
- fraindre Old French
- cânt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kant Middle Dutch
- canto Old Portuguese
- *cantos Proto-Celtic
- *kantos Proto-Celtic
- cjant Friulian
- cant Old Occitan
- canto Old Spanish
- cantu Sardinian
- *cantos Gaulish