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cannon

A cannon is literally a 'big tube': Italian cannone, an augmentative of canna 'reed, tube'. That goes back through Latin and Greek, probably to the Semitic word for reed, the same journey as cane.

Weakest linkPossible

The road to English

From Italian to German

From Latin to Spanish, American English

3000 BCEProto-Semitic

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

Trade, money & letters

cannon

A cannon is literally a 'big tube': Italian cannone, an augmentative of canna 'reed, tube'. That goes back through Latin and Greek, probably to the Semitic word for reed, the same journey as cane.

Weakest linkPossible

The road to English

From Italian to German

From Latin to Spanish, American English

3000 BCEProto-Semitic

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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