Chann

Morpheme

Chann

Type

bound base

Denotation

reed, spear, stick, woody stem, pipe, spout, channel, conduit, gutter, ditch, groove, duct

Etymology

Middle English chanel, canel, cannel, kanel; Old French chanel, canel; Latin canālis, from canna; Ancient Greek kánna; Akkadian qanû; Sumerian gi.na

Evidence

backchannel, channel, channeled, channeler, channeling, channelisation, channelled, channelling, channelography, channelome, channelopathy, channelrhodopsin, channels, channelward, channelwards, cochannel, eigenchannel, enchannel, hemichannel, interchannel, intrachannel, macrochannel, megachannel, mesochannel, metachannel, microchannel, midchannel, mischannel, multichannel, nanochannel, omnichannel, palaeochannel, paleochannel, pseudochannel, rechannel, rechannelization, rechannelize, sidechannel, subchannel, superchannel

Notes

channel and canal are doublets

See Also

Cann, Cane