Etymology

canada

Can·a·da
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Today it means: A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger. Full definition →

Portuguese canada ← Latin cannatus
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canada · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromcannatus
  2. Portuguese · borrowed fromcanada
  3. English todaycanada

From Portuguese canada, from Latin cannatus.

canada · noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromcanna“cane”
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromcañada
  3. English todaycanada

From Spanish cañada, from Latin canna (“cane”) + -ada (“-ed”).

Canada · proper noun, noun3

  1. Proto-North Iroquoian · derived from*-nat-
  2. lre · derived fromkanata“village, settlement”
  3. French · borrowed fromCanada
  4. English todayCanada

Borrowed from French Canada, from the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”) (compare Onondaga gana꞉dá꞉yęʼ), ultimately from Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat-. See also "Name of Canada" on English Wikipedia.

Words from the same roots

Spanishcañada all →

cañada

Latincanna all →

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