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Where does “canapo” come from?

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

canapo (Italian): A thick rope made out of hemp fibers

Definitions

  1. A thick rope made out of hemp fibers

Ancestry of “canapo”, step by step

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