Etymograph

English

canzon

Canzon comes from Italian canzone, from Latin cantiō ‘song, singing, playing’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- ‘to sing’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂n-1‘to sing’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂néti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kanō1‘to sing’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanō1‘to sing, recite, play’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcantiō2as cantiō‘song, singing, playing’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentcanzone2
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1590canzon2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin cantio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English canzon
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1590, Thomas Lodge, Rosalynde. Euphues Golden Legacie: […]: “Truſt me Swayne (quoth Rosader) but my Canzon was…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂n-Wiktionary, Latin cantio‘to sing’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂nétiWiktionary, Latin cantioreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kanōWiktionary, Latin cantio‘to sing’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanōWiktionary, Latin cantio‘to sing, recite, play’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcantiōWiktionary, English canzonas cantiō‘song, singing, playing’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentcanzoneWiktionary, English canzon
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1590canzonWiktionary, English canzon. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1590, Thomas Lodge, Rosalynde. Euphues Golden Legacie: […]: “Truſt me Swayne (quoth Rosader) but my Canzon was…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti

enchanter, 22 more

through Proto-Italic *kanō ‘to sing’

chanting, enchantment, cantor, enchant, chantry, incantation, recant, chanter, canticle, 41 more

through Latin canō ‘to sing, recite, play’

accent, incentive, cant, chant, shanty, bazooka, 50 more

through Latin cantiō ‘song, singing, playing’

chanson, 5 more

Today it means

noun A song.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “canzon”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin cantio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- / canzon

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