noun, masculine/kaˈnal/plural: canales
canal, flume, waterway (artificial); channel (wide strait); channel; cleavage
Etymology tree Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor. Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor. Latin canna Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin *cannālis Latin canālis Old Spanish canal Spanish canal Inherited from Old Spanish canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”). Equivalent to caña + -al.