http://www.word-detective.com/2008/08/canning/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Tue, 28 Sep 2021 03:29:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/08/canning/comment-page-1/#comment-552208 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 01:09:14 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=507#comment-552208 I am not sure about the latin ‘Canna.’ I find it translated ‘reed.’ I do find ‘contineo’ meaning ‘i hold together’… but look for middle Irish, coming from old English (and probably of Proto-Germanic background) for it. Cann, Canna (OE Canne) is a can/cup/krater. All this of course according to wiki, so accuracy doesn’t necessarily trace through. BUT aside from that thanks for a brilliant summary. This is great!

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/08/canning/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:34:38 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=507#comment-160 Oops (x 2). Fixed it — thanks.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/08/canning/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:44:50 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=507#comment-159 A little error: it’s Nicolas Appert, not Alpert (although, like Herb Alpert, he used a metal instrument). In French, “appertiser” is still used to men “to can”.

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