Where does “cannoneering” come from?
cannoneering (English) comes from English cannoneer, from French canonnier, from French cannonier, from Middle French canon, from Middle French cane, from Old French cane, from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano — a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub.
cannoneering (English): The use of cannon
Definitions
- The use of cannon
Ancestry of “cannoneering”, step by step
cannoneering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cannoneer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cannoneer | A person who tends and operates a piece of... |
| 2 | French | canonnier | cannoneer |
| 3 | French | cannonier | — |
| 4 | Middle French | canon | — |
| 5 | Middle French | cane | duck, female duck; duck, female duck; literally... |
| 6 | Old French | cane | tube |
| 7 | Middle Low German | kāne | — |
| 8 | Old Saxon | *kano | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kanō | to sing |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kanô | vessel, vat, tub; boat |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gan- | a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |