cantiga.
folk song (song handed down by oral tradition)
Meaning & usage
folk song (song handed down by oral tradition)
cantiga (mediaeval monophonic song)
any song
nonsense; story
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin cantus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin canticum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin ulum Latin canticulumder.? Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlomder. Proto-Celtic *kantlomder.? Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga Portuguese cantiga Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cantiga.
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