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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English canon, [[bor|xno|canon|t=tube for projectiles]], Old French canon,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Italian [[m|it|cannone|t=large tube, barrel]], an augmentative of canna, tube,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) from Latin canna, reed, tube (see [[cane]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)
+ It is Middle English canon, [[bor|xno|canon|t=tube for projectiles]], [[fro|canon]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Italian [[m|it|cannone|t=large tube, barrel]], an augmentative of [[m|it|canna]], tube,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) from [[la|canna]], reed, tube (see [[cane]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)
==Earliest recorded meaning==