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canopy

/ˈkænəpi/KA-nuh-pee
/ˈkænəpi/KA-nuh-pee

Meaningmosquito-curtained bed

Common meaning: covering suspended overhead

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√AK‘see’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 2, p. 730 · scan
  2. Greekkōnōpeion‘mosquito-curtained bed’source
  3. Latinmeaning shiftsmosquito-curtained bed → mosquito curtainconopeum‘mosquito curtain’source
  4. Old Frenchconopé‘canopy’source
  5. Middle Englishcanopé‘canopy’source
  6. Englishmeaning shiftsmosquito curtain → covering suspended overheadcanopy‘covering suspended overhead’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek kōnōpeion ‘mosquito-curtained bed’.

Roots

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