Where does “canna” come from?
Canna comes from Latin canna, borrowed from Ancient Greek κάννα, a word for a reed or tubular plant used to make various implements and musical instruments.
canna (English): Any member of the genus "Canna" of tropical...
Definitions
- Any member of the genus "Canna" of tropical...
Ancestry of “canna”, step by step
canna traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Scots cannae
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | cannae | cannot |
| 2 | Scots | can | can; be able to |
| 3 | Middle English | can | Alternative form of canne |
| 4 | Middle English | cunnen | To know about; To be able to; to have the... |
| 5 | Old English | cunnan | to know, to be familiar with; can, to know how |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kunnan | to recognise; to know how, to be able |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kunnaną | to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |