canal的词源

英文词源

canal (n.)

early 15c., from French canal, chanel "water channel, tube, pipe, gutter" (12c.), from Latin canalis "water pipe, groove, channel," noun use of adjective from canna "reed" (see cane (n.)). Originally in English "a pipe for liquid," its sense transferred by 1670s to "artificial waterway."

中文词源

canal：沟渠，运河

词源同cane, 芦苇。引申义笔直的人工河。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：canal 词源，canal 含义。

canal：运河，(沟)渠；管道

来源于拉丁语canalis, canalis, mf(管,通道)或canna, cannae, f(芦苇)

同源词： cane, cannon, channel