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Middle English
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
References
Old French
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
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (canal, supplement)