Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Canoe'

(2 syl.). A boat. (Spanish, canóa, a canoe; Dutch, cano; German, kahn, a boat; Old French, cane, a ship, and canot, a boat; Latin, canna, a hollow stem or reed; our cane, can = a jug; cannon, canal, etc.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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