cannabis English · revision 10437

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=borrowing|attested=1548|origins=la cannabis|origins=grc κάνναβις}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkæ.nə.bɪs/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from Modern Latin Cannabis, the plant genus named by Linnaeus,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Latin [[m|la|cannabis|t=hemp]], from Greek [[m|grc|κάνναβις|tr=kánnabis|t=hemp]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) perhaps a Scythian or Thracian word,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) also the source of Persian kanab, Russian konoplja and Lithuanian kanapės, and of English [[canvas]] and possibly [[hemp]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Common hemp: 1548 in the OED, 1783 in Merriam-Webster, 1798 in Barnhart and Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The Modern Latin genus name dates from 1728, in Chambers's ''Cyclopaedia''.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) Barnhart notes that cannabis is a doublet of [[canvas]].^(Barnhart 1988) A preparation of the plant used as an intoxicating drug is from 1848,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and ''cannabis resin'' from 1896.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1548 – hemp.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1728 – the genus Cannabis.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1848 – the drug.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1896 – cannabis resin.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The hemp plant, Cannabis sativa, a tall annual native to central Asia.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A drug made from the dried leaves and flowers of this plant, such as [[marijuana]] or [[hashish]], used as an intoxicant or medicine.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cannabic]]

+ * [[cannabin]]

+ * [[cannabinoid]]

+ * [[cannabidiol]]

+ * [[cannabinol]]

+ * [[tetrahydrocannabinol]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hemp]]

+ * [[canvas]]

+ * [[marijuana]]

+ * [[hashish]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}