cantator

See also: cântător and cãntãtor

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti

Proto-Italic *kanō

Latin canō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin cantō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin cantātor

From cantō + -tor.

Noun

cantātor m (genitive cantātōris, feminine cantātrīx); third declension

1. singer (male) (verbal noun of cantō (nomen agentis))

   Synonym: cantor

2. player (male)

Etymology 2

From cantō

Verb

cantātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of cantō

References

• “cantator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cantator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.