Where does “canapé” come from?

canapé (French) comes from Old French conopé, from Medieval Latin canāpēum, from Latin canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum, from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον, from Ancient Greek κώνωψ, from Ancient Greek φάγος, from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν — to divide, distribute, allot.

canapé (French): sofa

Definitions

  1. sofa

Ancestry of “canapé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchconopé
2Medieval Latincanāpēum
3Latincanopeummosquito net
4Latincōnōpēummosquito net
5Ancient Greekκωνωπεῖονan Egyptian couch with mosquito netting
6Ancient Greekκώνωψgnat, mosquito
7Ancient Greekφάγοςglutton
8Ancient Greekφαγεῖνaorist active infinitive of ἔφαγον
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰh₂g-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂g-to divide, distribute, allot

Words derived from “canapé

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂g-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰh₂g-Every word from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν