ENGLISH ROOT WORD: cant-, cent- from Latin canere, cantus

【cant-, cent-】 are word -forming element
usually meaning "sing"
from Latin "canere, cantus"

 

 

 

 

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[WORD ROOT]root cant
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] cant, cent, chant, charm
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) canere, cantus
[MEANING]root sing

 

 

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 canere to sing
• 【Latin】 cantus ⑴[past participle of canere('sing')] a singing; ⑵iron tire of a wheel

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

accent, cant, chant, charm, enchant, enchantment, incentive

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

accent [noun] from accent < cant
【DEFINITION】 Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 particular mode of pronunciation
【pl.】 accents
【DERIVATIVEs】 accentual, accentuate, accent
【SYNONYM】 emphasis, stress
【ROOTs】 ⑴ ac(ad); to, toward ⑵ cent(cant); sing

cant [combining form] from cant
【DEFINITION】 to sing
【DERIVATIVEs】 canter, cantic, cantingly, cant
【ROOTs】 cant; sing

chant [noun] from chant < cant
【DEFINITION】 A chant is a word or group of words that is repeated over and over again.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 a song
【pl.】 chants
【DERIVATIVEs】 chantable, chanting, chantingly, chant
【ROOTs】 chant(cant); sing

charm [noun] from charm < cant
【DEFINITION】 Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 incantation, magic charm,
【pl.】 charms
【SYNONYM】 spell
【ROOTs】 charm(cant); sing

enchant [verb] from chant < cant
【DEFINITION】 If you are enchanted by someone or something, they cause you to have feelings of great delight or pleasure.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 practice sorcery or witchcraft on
【CONJUGATIONs】 enchanted, enchanted, enchanting, enchants
【DERIVATIVEs】 enchant, enchanted, enchanter, enchantment
【SYNONYM】 delight, bewitch, captivate
【ROOTs】 ⑴ en(in); in, into ⑵ chant(cant); sing

enchantment [noun] from chant < cant
【DEFINITION】 If you say that something has enchantment, you mean that it makes you feel great delight or pleasure. Your enchantment with something is the fact of your feeling great delight and pleasure because of it.
【pl.】 enchantments
【DERIVATIVEs】 enchant, enchanted, enchanter, enchantment
【SYNONYM】 magic
【ROOTs】 ⑴ en(in); in, into ⑵ chant(cant); sing ⑶ ment; noun suffix

incentive [noun] from incentive < cant
【DEFINITION】 If something is an incentive to do something, it encourages you to do it.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 that which moves the mind or stirs the passion
【pl.】 incentives
【SYNONYM】 carrot
【ANTONYM】 disincentive
【ROOTs】 ⑴ in; in, on, upon ⑵ cent(cant); sing ⑶ ive; adjective suffix

 

 

Other word list containing cant-, cent-; disenchantment, accentuate, recantation, disincentive, accentual, accentuation, cancion, canorous, cantabile, cantata, cantation, cantatory, cantatrice, canticle, canticum, cantiga, cantilena, cantillate, cantillation, cantion, canto, cantor, cantus, canzona, canzone, Carmen, chanson, chansonnier, chanteur, chanteuse, chanticleer, concent, descant, discant, discantus, disenchant, disencharm, incantation, incantational, plainchant, precentor, recant, succentor, vaticinate, vaticination, vaticinator

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

cane
cand-, cend-
calli-, calo-, cal, kal-
camp
calc-, calcul-, cal-
cale-, cal-
cal-, calend-, class-
cad-, cas-, cid-
broad
brev-

ENGLISH ROOT WORD: cane from Greek kanna, kanne, kanon

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