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)

cinnamon (The bark of trees of certain species of the genus Cinnamomum)
(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)

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)

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