canel
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French canele, from Medieval Latin cannella, a diminutive of canna; equivalent to cane + -el (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
canel (uncountable)
- cinnamon (The bark of trees of certain species of the genus Cinnamomum)
- (rare) The cinnamon tree; the trees which produce cinnamon.
Usage notes[edit]
This term often referred to a lower quality of cinnamon than synamome.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “canē̆l, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-01.
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin canalis. Doublet of chanel.
Noun[edit]
canel oblique singular, m (oblique plural caneaus or caneax or caniaus or caniax or canels, nominative singular caneaus or caneax or caniaus or caniax or canels, nominative plural canel)
- canal (artificial watercourse)
Descendants[edit]
- French: canal
- Norman: canel
- → Irish: canáil
- → Middle Dutch: canel, canael
- → Middle English: canal, canale, cannale
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (canal, supplement)
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