Etymology of canister

Canister - word origin.

Canister (basket, vessel for liquids, container) comes from the Latin canistrum (wicker basket for bread, fruit, flowers, etc.), which is a transliteration of the Greek canistron/canastron (basket made from reed) from canna (reed; Gr: κάννα).

See also post 158 (etymology of cane) here.
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In modern Greek:
a) canistro or canistra: canister [Gr: κάνιστρο or κανίστρα]


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Etymology of cannon

Origin of the word cannon
The word cannon comes from the old French canon, from the Italian cannone (large tube) from the Latin canna (reed, tube), which is related to the Greek canna (cane, reed; Gr: κάννα).

See also post 158 "Etymology of cane" here.
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In modern Greek (Romeika):
a) cannoni: cannon [Gr: καννόνι]

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Etymology of cane

Origin of cane

Cane comes from the the old French cane (reed, cane, spear) from the Latin canna (reed, cane), which is a transliteration of the Greek canna (cane, reed; Gr: κάννα).




From the same root:
cannon, cannelloni, can
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In modern Greek:
a) cannoni: cannon [Gr: καννόνι]
a) canni: gun barrel [Gr: κάννη]
c) cannelonia: cannelloni [Gr: καννελόνια]
d) cannula: tap, faucet [Gr: κάννουλα]
e) cannela: cinnamon [Gr: καννέλα]
f) cannata: jug, ewer [Gr: καννάτα]
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Other Greek words from the same root: κάννιστρο (basket, canister), καννιά (legs), κανίσκι (basket).

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Etymology of caramel

Etymology of caramel

The word caramel comes from the Latin cannamellis from canna (cane) + mel/mellis (honey). Both words are related to the Greek words canna [cane; Gr: κάννα] and mel [honey; Gr: μέλι]

See also: Etymology of cane: here



In modern Greek:
a) caramela: caramel [Gr: καραμέλα; loanword]
b) meli: honey [Gr: μέλι]

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Etymology of pizza

Origin of the word pizza.
The word pizza comes from the Italian pizza, which most likely is related to the Greek word pitta (cake, pie) from pissa [pitch; Attic: pitta] from peptos (cooked).




In modern Greek:
a) pitsa : pizza [Gr: πίτσα]
b) pitta: pie [Gr: πίττα]c) pitsaria: pizzeria [Gr: πιτσαρία]

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Etymology of fidelity, faith, confidence, fiance

Origin of fidelity, faith, confidence, fiance.
Fidelity comes form the French fidelite from the Latin fidelis (faithful), from fides (faith, loyalty), from the verb fido (to trust), which is related to the Greek verb pitho (to persuade, to trust; Gr: πείθ-ω/πείθ-ομαι).
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From the same root:
English: fiducial, faith, confidense, fiance, fiancee.
French: fidele, fiducie, fidelite, fier, fiancer, confiance, defier
Italian: fido, fidducia, fidarsi, diffidare, fidanzare, condidenza
Spanish: fiel, Fidel, fidelidad, fiar, fe, fianza, confianza
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In modern Greek:
a) pitho: to persuade [pith-o; Gr: πείθω]
b) pisti: faith [pist-i; Gr: πίστη]
c) empistevome: to trust [en-pist-evome; Gr: εμπιστεύομαι]

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