myEtymology.com: English etymology of canebrake

Etymology of the English word canebrake

the English word canebrake

derived from the English word cane

derived from the Old French word cane

derived from the Classical Latin word canna (reed; small reed, cane; panpipe)

derived from the Greek word kanna, κάννα

derived from the English word brake

derived from the Middle Dutch word braeke