Where does “cânepiță” come from?

cânepiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian cânepă, from Vulgar Latin canapa, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις — hemp; hemp seed.

cânepiță (Romanian): large-flowered hemp-nettle (Galeopsis speciosa)

Definitions

  1. large-flowered hemp-nettle (Galeopsis speciosa)

Ancestry of “cânepiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancânepăhemp
2Vulgar Latincanapahemp
3Latincannabishemp; dative/ablative plural of cannabum;...
4Ancient Greekκάνναβιςhemp; hemp seed
Every word from Ancient Greek κάνναβις →Every word from Latin cannabis →Every word from Vulgar Latin canapa →