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canus.

gray hairs (pl.); old age;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈkaː.nʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈkaː.nus]

  1. white

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  2. hoary

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  3. frothy

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  4. gray

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂s- (“bright grey”) (compare Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), English hare, Latin cascus (“old”), Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto خړ (xëṛ, “grey”), Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare”)).

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