Etymograph

English

Kant

Kant comes from Old Northern French cant, from Old French chant ‘song’, and ultimately from Latin cantus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcantus
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400chant‘song’
  3. Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400cant
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentKant
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1995same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcantus
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400chant‘song’
  3. Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400cant
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentKant
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1995same form

Earliest quotation: 1995, Colin McLarty, Elementary Categories: “So it is natural to speak of a category…”

Linked words

through Latin cantus

enchantment, canto, canticle, 3 more

Another origin of Kant

  1. KyrgyzmodernКант
  2. EnglishtodayKant

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin cantus / Kant

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