Etymograph

English

canada

Canada comes from Portuguese canada, and goes back to Latin cannatus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcannatus1
  2. Portuguesec. 1500–presentcanada1
  3. Englishtodaycanada1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English canada

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcannatusWiktionary, English canada
  2. Portuguesec. 1500–presentcanadaWiktionary, English canada
  3. EnglishtodaycanadaWiktionary, English canada

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Another origin of canada

  1. Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCE𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝qanûm‘reed’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκᾰ́ννᾰ‘reed’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanna‘cane’
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500canna
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentcaña
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentcañada‘glen, gully, ravine’
  7. Englishtodaycanada

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Today it means

noun A traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume equal to 1.7–2.1 liters depending on the area of Portugal, used particularly for wine.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “canada”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin cannatus / canada