Where does “canadew” come from?
canadew (English) comes from English cantaloupe, from French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo, from Italian canto, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
canadew (English): A melon that is a cross between a honeydew and a...
Definitions
- A melon that is a cross between a honeydew and a...
Ancestry of “canadew”, step by step
canadew traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cantaloupe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cantaloupe | A melon of species Cucumis melo subsp. melo with... |
| 2 | French | cantaloup | cantaloupe |
| 3 | Italian | Cantalupo | — |
| 4 | Italian | canto | song; singing; corner |
| 5 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 6 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 8 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via English honeydew
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | honeydew | A sweet sticky substance deposited on leaves by... |
| 2 | English | honey | A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar... |
| 3 | Middle English | hony | Honey; Nectar; the secretion of flowers;... |
| 4 | Old English | huniġ | honey |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hunag | honey |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *hunagą | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hunangą | Alternative form of *hunagą |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kn̥h₂onk-o-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kn̥h₂ónks | honey |