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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word CANOPY. Etymology of the word
CANOPY.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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CANOPY, a
covering overhead. (F.,—Ital.,—L.,—Gk.)
Should be conopy; but the spelling canopè occurs in
Italian, whence it found its way into French as canapé, a form cited
by Diez, and thence into English; the proper F. form is conopée.
In Shak. Sonn. 125. In Bible of 1551, Judith, xiii. 9;
retained in the A.V. Cf. F. conopée, 'a canopy, a tent,
or pavilion;' Cot.—Lat. conopeum, used in Judith, xiii. 9
(Vulgate).—Gk. κωνωπεών, κωνωπεῖον, an Egyptian bed with
musquito-curtains.—Gk. κωνωπ-, stem of κώνωψ, a gnat,
mosquito; lit. 'cone-faced,' or an animal with a cone-shaped head,
from some fancied resemblance to a cone.—Gk. κῶν-ος, a cone;
and ὤψ, face, appearance, from Gk. ✔ΟΠ,
to see = Aryan ✔AK,
to see. See Cone.
Der. canopy, verb.
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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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