canal.
fish-weir; place or installation for fishing, on a river
Meaning & usage
fish-weir; place or installation for fishing, on a river
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese canal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): cana (“cane, reed”) + -al. Cognate with Spanish cañal.
canal
channel
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor. Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor. Latin canna Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin *cannālis Latin canalislbor. Galician canal Learned borrowing from Latin canalis. Doublet of canle and cal.
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