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[English Etymology] *kan- "to sing" 😮♫

 *kan- "to sing" 😮♫




Eng chant
    Old French chanter "to sing, celebrate" (12c.), 
                  Latin cantare "to sing," (frequentative)
                                 canere "sing" 


Old French acent "accent" (13c.)
     Latin accentus "song added to speech" = ad  + cantus


Late Latin incentivum "that which moves the mind or stirs the passion,"
   Latin adjective incentivus "setting the tune; inciting (Late Lt)",
                                  incinere "strike up" = in-  + canere

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