Talk:canopy

origin
wikipedia:Canopy has a different origin for canopy:

The word came from Ancient Greek κωνώπειον = "cover to keep insects off", from κώνωψ = "cone-face", which is a bahuvrihi compound meaning "mosquito". The first 'o' changing into 'a' may be due to influence from the place name Canopus, Egypt thought of as a place of luxuries.

Can anyone provide some insight into this?Jayvdb 23:43, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I find in Webster's 10th Collegiate the following etymology:

[ME canope, fr. ML canopeum mosquito net, fr. L conopeum, fr. Gk kōnōpion, fr. kōnōps mosquito]
 * Funk & Wagnalls (1962) has the following similar etymology:

[&lt;F. canapé &lt;Gr. kōnōpeion, bed with mosquito curtains, &lt;kōnōps, mosquito]
 * Furthermore, I've never heard this "Canopus" etymology before. I wonder if whoever posted it was trying to sabotage wikt? Who knows. At any rate, I can't find any support for it. Moreover, all the main authorities agree on the "mosquito" etymology.—Strabismus 02:08, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Possible missing or specialised senses
From Chambers 1908: "a covering of state stretched over the head" and "the wooden covering over prebends' stalls in cathedrals, pulpits, altars, etc." Equinox ◑ 01:56, 17 July 2018 (UTC)