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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Fun with etymology: canapé AnnaStrophic #178847 08/20/2008 9:14 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA I wondered whether this might be related to "canopic" as in "canopic jar." Wiktionary says it comes from the name of the city, Canopus. But wiki also says that 'canopy' comes from the Latin name of the Egyptian city of Canopus. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Fun with etymology: canapé AnnaStrophic 08/17/2008 9:55 PM Re: Fun with etymology: canapé The Pook 08/18/2008 2:14 AM Re: Fun with etymology: canapé AnnaStrophic 08/20/2008 8:49 PM Re: Fun with etymology: canapé TheFallibleFiend 08/20/2008 9:14 PM Re: Fun with etymology: canapé zmjezhd 08/20/2008 11:19 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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