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canto

/ˈkanto/

noun, masculine/ˈkanto/plural: cantos

singing; song; chant

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin cantus Spanish canto Inherited from Latin cantus.

noun, masculine/ˈkanto/plural: cantos

edge; corner, especially the intersection of two streets; side; thickness; a piece of stone

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kantosder. Latin canthus Spanish canto Inherited from Latin canthus (“metal rim of a wheel”), from Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós), or from a Vulgar Latin cantus, of ultimately the same origin, or less likely Celtic origin, from Gaulish *cantos, from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ-.