canal

The story

1. Akkadian · derived from𒄀“reed”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromκάννα“reed”
3. Latin · derived fromcanālis“channel, canal, narrow passage”
4. Old French · derived fromcanal
5. Middle French · borrowed fromcanal
6. English todaycanal

Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel, canal, narrow passage”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”). Doublet of channel. See also cane and -al.

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