Where does “Canna” come from?

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

Canna (Translingual): genus, native to the New World tropics, naturalized elsewhere}}

Definitions

  1. genus, native to the New World tropics, naturalized elsewhere}}

Ancestry of “Canna”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Canna

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