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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word CANNON. Etymology of the word
CANNON.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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CANNON, a
large gun. (F.,—L.,—Gk.) Frequent in
Shak.; K. John, ii. 210, &c. And in Hackluyt,
Voyages, vol. iii. p. 217 (R.)—F. canon, 'a law, rule,
decree, ordnance, canon of the law;... also, the gunne tearmed a cannon;
also, the barrell of any gunne,' &c.; Cot. Thus cannon
is a doublet of canon,
q.v. See Trench, Study of Words. β. The
spelling with two n's may have been adopted to create a distinction
between the two uses of the word, the present word taking the double
n of Lat. canna. The sense 'gun-barrel' is older than
that of 'gun,' and points back to the sense of 'rod' or
'cane.' See Cane. Der.
cannon-ade, cannon-eer.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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