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Where does “Algonquin” come from?

Algonquin comes from French Algoumequin, which was borrowed from Canadian French Algonquin, a Native American people and language of northeastern North America.

Algonquin (English): A member of an aboriginal North American people...

Definitions

  1. A member of an aboriginal North American people...

Ancestry of “Algonquin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Canadian FrenchAlgonquin—
2FrenchAlgoumequin—

Words derived from “Algonquin”

  • Algonquian
  • Proto-Algonquian
Every word from French Algoumequin →