English
canaliculate
Canaliculate comes from Latin canāliculātus ‘channelled’, from canna ‘cane, reed’, and ultimately from Akkadian qanûm.
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEqanûm1transliteratedcuneiform qanûm, a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary‘reed’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκάννα2‘reed’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanna2‘cane, reed’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanālis2‘channel’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanāliculus3‘a small channel, pipe or gutter’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanāliculātus3‘channelled’
- Englishtodaycanaliculate3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek κάννα, which cites Beekes
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin canaliculus
- 3 Wiktionary, English canaliculate
Lineage
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEqanûmWiktionary, Ancient Greek κάννα, which cites Beekestransliteratedcuneiform qanûm, a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary‘reed’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκάνναWiktionary, Latin canaliculus‘reed’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcannaWiktionary, Latin canaliculus‘cane, reed’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanālisWiktionary, Latin canaliculus‘channel’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanāliculusWiktionary, English canaliculate‘a small channel, pipe or gutter’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanāliculātusWiktionary, English canaliculate‘channelled’
- EnglishtodaycanaliculateWiktionary, English canaliculate
Linked words
through Ancient Greek κάννα ‘reed’
canon, canister, kanon, 8 more
through Latin canna ‘cane, reed’
canada, cannon, cane, canna, cannoli, cannula, 7 more
through Latin canālis ‘channel’
Today it means
adj Channeled lengthwise; grooved.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “canaliculate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek κάννα, Latin canaliculus. 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 / Akkadian qanûm / canaliculate