Where does “canapé” come from?

canapé (Dutch) comes from French canapé, from Old French conopé, from Medieval Latin canāpēum, from Latin canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum, from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον, from Ancient Greek κώνωψ, from Ancient Greek φάγος — to divide, distribute, allot.

canapé (Dutch): canapé food

Definitions

  1. canapé food

Ancestry of “canapé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcanapésofa
2Old Frenchconopé
3Medieval Latincanāpēum
4Latincanopeummosquito net
5Latincōnōpēummosquito net
6Ancient Greekκωνωπεῖονan Egyptian couch with mosquito netting
7Ancient Greekκώνωψgnat, mosquito
8Ancient Greekφάγοςglutton
9Ancient Greekφαγεῖνaorist active infinitive of ἔφαγον
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰh₂g-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂g-to divide, distribute, allot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂g-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰh₂g-Every word from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν