noun, masculine/ˈkanto/plural: cantos
canto is masculine in Spanish.
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
canto is masculine in Spanish.
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-.