Where does “canonnade” come from?
canonnade (French) comes from French canonner, from French canon, from Old French canon, from Italian cannone, from Italian canna, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀 — reed; a certain unit of length.
canonnade (French): cannonade
Definitions
- cannonade
Ancestry of “canonnade”, step by step
canonnade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French canonner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | canonner | To cannon, cannonade |
| 2 | French | canon | cannon, gun; barrel; cannon for a horse |
| 3 | Old French | canon | tube; cannon |
| 4 | Italian | cannone | cannon; ace; large tube or pipe |
| 5 | Italian | canna | cane; barrel; rod |
| 6 | Latin | canna | A reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κάννα | giant reed; reed mat |
| 8 | Akkadian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |
| 9 | Sumerian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |
via Italian cannonata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cannonata | The firing of a cannon |
| 2 | Italian | -ata | Used with a stem to form the feminine singular... |
| 3 | Italian | -ato | Used with a stem to form the past participle of... |
| 4 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |