canvas.
canvas, sail
Meaning & usage
canvas, sail
canvas, fabric used for painting
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch canevas, from Old Northern French canevas, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). The spelling was lated influenced by English canvas. Doublet of cannabis and hennep.
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