cannamo
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin cannabum, alternative form of Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cannamo m (plural cannamos)
- hemp
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 86r:
- Et ſi coxierẽ della una poca en mucha dagua. ⁊ metieren y algun panno delos q́ se fazen delas coſas q́ nacen de la tierra aſſi como lino. o cannamo. o algodon, tinnel de color doro muy fremoſo.
- And if they take a little of it for a lot of water and they submerge in it a cloth of the ones made from the things that sprout from the earth, such as flax, hemp or cotton, it dyes it a very beautiful golden color.
Descendants edit
- Spanish: cáñamo