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OP I ran across this while playing a FunTrivia quiz.
13. If you're eating canapés, you're consuming a small piece of bread or a cracker with something savory on top. Had you been an ancient Greek eating a konops, what would you have been devouring? (Hint: the wrong answers won't bite you.)
Your answer: A mosquito
The etymologic journey from mosquitoes to canapés included some twists and turns. The "konopos" (mosquito) gave birth to the "konopion", the curtain around the couch to keep the mosquitoes away. Via Latin, "canapé" came into the French language, referring to the couch rather than the curtain. "Canape" was then applied to bread squares with a savory topping because of the snack's perceived resemblance to a couch. In English, the sense of "curtain" prevailed and resulted in the English word "canopy".
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Fun with etymology: canapé AnnaStrophic 08/17/08 09:55 PM Re: Fun with etymology: canapé The Pook 08/18/08 02:14 AM Re: Fun with etymology: canapé AnnaStrophic 08/20/08 08:49 PM Re: Fun with etymology: canapé TheFallibleFiend 08/20/08 09:14 PM Re: Fun with etymology: canapé zmjezhd 08/20/08 11:19 PM
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