Etymograph

English

canada

Canada comes from Portuguese canada, and goes back to Latin cannatus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcannatus
  2. Portuguesec. 1500–presentcanada
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcannatus
  2. Portuguesec. 1500–presentcanada
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Latin cannatus

Another origin of canada

  1. Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEqanûmtransliteratedcuneiform qanûm, a transliteration‘reed’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκᾰ́ννᾰ‘reed’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanna‘cane’
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500same form
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentcaña
  6. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcañada‘glen, gully, ravine’
  7. Englishtodaycanada

Today it means

noun A traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume equal to 1.7–2.1 liters depending on the area of Portugal, used particularly for wine.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin cannatus / canada

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