Canto

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 71

kan'to, n. division of a song or poem the treble ot leading melody. Canton, kan'lun, «. a small division of territory also, its inhabitants a division of a shield or painting v to diMde into cantons: to allot quarters to troops (Fr., a corner, a division Cantonal, kan tun-al, adj pertaining to or divided into cantons. —« Can'tonment (also prim. Can to on' mentj, the quarters of troops in a town.