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Where does “cannare” come from?

cannare (Italian) comes from Italian canna, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀, from Sumerian 𒄀 — reed; a certain unit of length.

cannare (Italian): to bungle, screw up; to fail, flunk

Definitions

  1. to bungle, screw up; to fail, flunk

Ancestry of “cannare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancannacane; barrel; rod
2LatincannaA reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;...
3Ancient Greekκάνναgiant reed; reed mat
4Akkadian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length
5Sumerian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length

Words derived from “cannare”

  • cannon
  • canon
  • canonical
  • cannonade
  • flak
  • cannonball
  • canonically
  • noncanonical
  • canonry
  • canonist
  • uncanonical
  • microcanonical
  • cannoneer
  • canoness
  • extracanonical
  • deuterocanonical
  • canonistic
  • canonicalization
  • cannonry
  • uncanonically
  • autocannon
  • microcanonically
  • canonicality
  • precanonical
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