hemp
English
/hɛmp/
noun
Definitions
- A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
- Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hemp inherited from Old English henep inherited from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hanapiz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- canvas English
- crack English
- crack-hemp English
- hempen English
- hempie English
- hempish English
- hemplike English
- hempseed English
- hempvine English
- hempweed English
- hempy English
- seed English
- vine English
- weed English
- canapa Latin
- cannabis Latin
- Hanf German
- Hänfling German
- hanfen German
- hennep Dutch, Flemish
- hennepolie Dutch, Flemish
- hennepzaad Dutch, Flemish
- κάνναβις Ancient Greek
- καννάβινος Ancient Greek
- *hanapiz Proto-Germanic
- henep Old English
- hemp Middle English
- hempen Middle English
- hempy Middle English
- hampr Old Norse
- κάνναβη Greek (modern)
- hannep Middle Dutch
- hanaf Old High German
- hennep Afrikaans
- hanef Middle High German
- *hanapi gmw-pro
- *hanap Old Dutch
- Hamf Alemannic German
- hāmp Old Frisian