enchaunten
Middle English
/ɛnˈtʃantən/
verb
Definitions
- To enchant; to put under an enchantment.
- (figuratively) To greatly affect.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French enchanter derived from Latin incantō (I enchant, sing, I sing, enchant, recite) affix from Middle English chaunten.
Origin
Middle English
chaunten
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chant English
- enchant English
- enchantable English
- enchanter English
- enchantest English
- enchanteth English
- enchantment English
- incant English
- reenchant English
- unenchant English
- incantamentum Latin
- incantāre Latin
- incantō Latin
- candaria Italian
- enchanter French
- incanter French
- *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European
- エンチャント Japanese
- chaunten Middle English
- chaunterie Middle English
- chauntour Middle English
- chauntynge Middle English
- enchauntement Middle English
- enchaunteresse Middle English
- enchauntour Middle English
- enchauntynge Middle English
- chanter Old French
- desenchanter Old French
- enchantement Old French
- enchanteor Old French
- enchanter Old French