The French word for 'dog,' used in English particularly in phrases like 'chien de chasse' (hunting dog) or in heraldry.
From Old French 'chien,' from Latin 'canis.' The Latin root 'canis' is the same root we see in 'canine,' 'canyon' (from Spanish 'cañon,' originally 'dog canyon'), and Greek 'kyōn.' Used in English mainly in borrowed French phrases.
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