cannamo

From Late Latin cannabum, alternative form of Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

• IPA^(key): [ˈka.ɲa.mo]

cannamo m (plural cannamos)

1. hemp
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 86r.

     Et ſi coxieré della una poca en mucha dagua. ¬ metieren y algun panno delos q́ se fazen delas coſas q́ nacen de la tierra aſſi como lino. o cannamo. o algodon, tinnel de color doro muy fremoſo.

     And if they take a little of it for a lot of water and they submerge in it a cloth of the ones made from the things that sprout from the earth, such as flax, hemp or cotton, it dyes it a very beautiful golden color.

• Spanish: cáñamo