Where does “kanabo” come from?

kanabo (Ido) comes from Italian canapa, from Vulgar Latin canapa, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις — hemp; hemp seed.

kanabo (Ido): cannabis; hemp

Definitions

  1. cannabis; hemp

Ancestry of “kanabo”, step by step

kanabo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian canapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancanapahemp; A hemp plant; The fibers of the hemp plant
2Vulgar Latincanapahemp
3Latincannabishemp; dative/ablative plural of cannabum;...
4Ancient Greekκάνναβιςhemp; hemp seed

via English cannabis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcannabisA tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers

via French cannabis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcannabiscannabis
Every word from Ancient Greek κάνναβις →Every word from Latin cannabis →Every word from Vulgar Latin canapa →