canel

See also: canêl, canél, and canël

Middle English

Alternative forms

• canell, kanel, canelle, canele, canylle

Etymology

From Old French canele, from Medieval Latin cannella, a diminutive of canna; equivalent to cane +‎ -el (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanɛl(ə)/, /kaˈnɛːl(ə)/

Noun

canel (uncountable)

1. cinnamon (The bark of trees of certain species of the genus Cinnamomum)
2. (rare) The cinnamon tree; the trees which produce cinnamon.

Usage notes

This term often referred to a lower quality of cinnamon than synamome.

Descendants

• Scots: cannel
• → Irish: cainéal (“cinnamon”)

References

• “canē̆l, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-01.

Old French

Alternative forms

• caneil, canal

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin canalis. Doublet of chanel.

Noun

canel oblique singular, m (oblique plural caneaus or caneax or caniaus or caniax or canels, nominative singular caneaus or caneax or caniaus or caniax or canels, nominative plural canel)

1. canal (artificial watercourse)

Descendants

• French: canal
  • → Persian: کانال (kânâl)
  • → Romanian: canal
  • → Turkish: kanal
• Norman: canel
• → Irish: canáil
• → Middle Dutch: canel, canael
  • Dutch: kanaal
    • Afrikaans: kanaal
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: kandál
    • → Caribbean Javanese: kanal
    • → Indonesian: kanal
    • → Sranan Tongo: kanari
    • → West Frisian: kanaal
  • Limburgish: kenaal
• → Middle English: canal, canale, cannale
  • English: canal
    • → Scottish Gaelic: canàl
  • Scots: canaul

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (canal, supplement)