Where does “eskimo” come from?

eskimo (Dutch) comes from French esquimau, from Algonquin ayashkimew.

eskimo (Dutch): Eskimo person

Definitions

  1. Eskimo person

Ancestry of “eskimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchesquimauEskimo; Inuit; snowsuit
2Algonquinayashkimew—
Every word from Algonquin ayashkimew →Every word from French esquimau →