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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1260|origins=xno canevaz|origins=la cannabis}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ˈkæn.vəs/^(Roach et al. 2011)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[bor|xno|canevaz]], Old North French canevach, Old French chenevas,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Vulgar Latin *cannapāceus, made of hemp,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from cannapus, a variant of Latin cannabis, hemp, from Greek kánnabis (see [[cannabis]] and [[hemp]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ A strong coarse cloth of hemp or flax: 1260 in the OED,^(OED 1989) 1354 as canevace in Barnhart, the mid-14th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ A sheet or covering of the cloth is from about 1386,^(OED 1989) and sailcloth, or sails collectively, from 1609.^(OED 1989) As a surface for oil painting canvas is from about 1700, and an oil painting from 1764.^(Etymonline) ''Under canvas'', in tents, is from 1864,^(OED 1989) and the floor of a boxing ring from 1910.^(OED 1989) A spelling with two s's lasted from the 1500s into the 1800s and gave the verb [[canvass]], first to toss in a canvas sheet, later to solicit votes.^(Barnhart 1988)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1260 – hemp cloth.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1609 – sails.^(OED 1989)
+ * c. 1700 – a painting surface.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1764 – an oil painting.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1864 – under canvas.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1910 – the floor of a boxing ring.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A heavy, closely woven [[cloth]] of cotton, hemp or flax, used for tents and sails.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # A piece of such cloth prepared for an oil painting, or the painting itself.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # Sails or tents collectively: ''under canvas''.^(OED 1989)^(Collins 2023)
+ # The floor of a boxing or wrestling ring.^(OED 1989)^(AHD)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[canvaslike]]
+ * [[canvasback]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[canvass]]
+ * [[cannabis]]
+ * [[hemp]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}