Etymology of the English word cane
the English word
canederived from the Old French word
canederived from the Classical Latin word
canna (reed; small reed, cane; panpipe)
derived from the Greek word
kanna, κάννα
Derivations in English
caner,
caneware,
canework,
caning,
sugarcane,
canebrake,
canedCognates
Catalan
canya, Catalan
canó, Dutch
kan, Dutch
canon, Dutch
kanon, Dutch
kunnen, English
cannon, English
can, English
canon, French
canne, French
canon, German
Kanne, German
Kanon, German
Kanone, German
können, Icelandic
kanna, Icelandic
kanón, Icelandic
kunna, Italian
cannone, Italian
canna, Latin
canna, Norwegian
kanne, Norwegian
kanon, Spanish
caña, Swedish
kanna, Swedish
kanon, Swedish
kunnaUsage
Word found in Modern English
