Where does “canvasful” come from?
canvasful (English) comes from English canvas, from Middle English canevas, from Old Northern French canevas, from Latin cannabaceus, from Late Latin cannabum, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις — hemp; hemp seed.
canvasful (English): The contents of a canvas; the content of a painting on a canvas
Definitions
- The contents of a canvas; the content of a painting on a canvas
Ancestry of “canvasful”, step by step
canvasful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English canvas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | canvas | A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful... |
| 2 | Middle English | canevas | flaxen fabric, canvas; A portion of canvas; a... |
| 3 | Old Northern French | canevas | — |
| 4 | Latin | cannabaceus | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | cannabum | Alternative form of cannabis |
| 6 | Latin | cannabis | hemp; dative/ablative plural of cannabum;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κάνναβις | hemp; hemp seed |
via English ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |