canel

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === canell, kanel, canelle, canele, canylle === 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 ==== Scots: cannel → Irish: cainéal (“cinnamon”) ==== References ==== “canē̆l, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 August 2018. == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French chenel. === Pronunciation === === Noun === canel m (plural caniaux) gutter == Old French == === Alternative forms === caneil, canal === 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 ==== French: canal (see there for further descendants) Norman: canal → Irish: canáil → Middle Dutch: canel, canael Dutch: kanaal (see there for further descendants) Limburgish: kenaal → Middle English: canal, canale, cannale English: canal→ Scottish Gaelic: canàl Scots: canaul === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “canal”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.