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Where does “canvasless” come from?

canvasless (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.

canvasless (English): Without canvas

Definitions

  1. Without canvas

Ancestry of “canvasless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcanvasA type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful...
2Middle Englishcanevasflaxen fabric, canvas; A portion of canvas; a...
3Old Northern Frenchcanevas—
4Latincannabaceus—
5Late LatincannabumAlternative form of cannabis
6Latincannabishemp; dative/ablative plural of cannabum;...
7Ancient Greekκάνναβιςhemp; hemp seed
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