English

incantoning

From in- + canton + -ing.

Formed from in + canton + ing

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in ‘inside’

English in

Old French canton ‘corner’

Middle French canton

Old English ing ‘meadow, water meadow, ing’

Middle English ing

English ing

Today it means

noun union or division into cantons.

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

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