noun, masculine/ʃə.nal/plural: chenaux
canal, channel; eavesdrop, eavestrough, gutter
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 French chenel ▲ Latin canālisinflu. French chenal Inherited from Old French chenel, chanel, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”). The suffix was later modified from inherited -el to learned -al after the Latin etymon. Doublet of canal.