cantone

From medieval Gallo-Italic chant "edge, corner" plus the -one augmentative suffix. The sense of "a portion of territory" alongside the literal meaning "corner" developed by the early 11th century. The root of chant is ultimately that of Latin cantus (“rim (of a wheel)”).

• IPA^(key): /kanˈto.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: can‧tó‧ne

cantone m (plural cantoni)

1. canton
2. corner

   Synonym: angolo

3. (heraldry) canton
4. township (of Canada)

• cantone¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cantone² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Etymology and history of “canton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• canneto, cennato, connate, cotenna