Where does “canivet” come from?
canivet (Old French) comes from Latin cnīfittus, from Latin cnīfus, from Frankish knīb, from Proto-Germanic knībaz, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.
canivet (Old French): little knife
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Words derived from “canivet”