canel
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French canele, from Medieval Latin cannella, a diminutive of canna; equivalent to cane + -el (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
canel (uncountable)
- cinnamon (The bark of trees of certain species of the genus Cinnamomum)
- (rare) The cinnamon tree; the trees which produce cinnamon.
Usage notes edit
This term often referred to a lower quality of cinnamon than synamome.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “canē̆l, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-01.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin canalis. Doublet of chanel.
Noun edit
canel oblique singular, m (oblique plural caneaus or caneax or caniaus or caniax or canels, nominative singular caneaus or caneax or caniaus or caniax or canels, nominative plural canel)
- canal (artificial watercourse)
Descendants edit
- French: canal
- Norman: canel
- → Irish: canáil
- → Middle Dutch: canel, canael
- → Middle English: canal, canale, cannale
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (canal, supplement)