cannamo

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin cannabum, alternative form of Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

Pronunciation

Noun

cannamo m (plural cannamos)

  1. hemp
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 86r:
      Et ſi coxierẽ della una poca en mucha dagua. ⁊ metieren y algun panno delos q́ se fazen delas coſas q́ nacen de la tierra aſſi como lino. o cannamo. o algodon, tinnel de color doro muy fremoſo.
      And if they take a little of it for a lot of water and they submerge in it a cloth of the ones made from the things that sprout from the earth, such as flax, hemp or cotton, it dyes it a very beautiful golden color.

Descendants

  • Spanish: cáñamo