Channel
/ˈtʃæn.əl/noun
A passage or route for water, information, or movement; also a television or media station.
Did you know?English channel ultimately comes from Latin canna, meaning a reed or cane, and the same root also gave us words tied to hollow stems, measuring rods, and even musical instruments made from reeds.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ken-
“to be hollow, reed-like”
Latin
Latin
canna
“reed, cane, reed pipe”
Late Latin
Latin
canalis
“pipe, water conduit, channel”
Old French
Old French
chanel
“channel, bed of a stream”
Middle English
English
chanel
“a watercourse or passage”
Modern English
English
channel
“a passage, route, or medium for transmission”