myEtymology.com: English etymology of canvassing

Etymology of the English word canvassing

the English word canvassing

derived from the English word canvass

derived from the English word canvas

derived from the Old French word canevas

derived from the Latin word cannabis (hemp; hemp rope; canvas)

derived from the Greek word kannabis, κάνναβις

borrowed from either Thracian or Scythian. Possibly of Semitic origin, from Akkadian.