Akin to Middle Low German kantôr, German Kontor, Russian контора (kontora), Lithuanian kontora. Regardless of the intermediate (or presence/absence thereof), ultimately from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (“instrument sufffix”), from Latin computāre and -tōrium.
kantoris m (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | kantoris | kantori |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | kantori | kantorus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | kantora | kantoru |
| dative (datīvs) | kantorim | kantoriem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | kantori | kantoriem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | kantorī | kantoros |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | kantori | kantori |