Where does “Cimarron” come from?

Cimarron (English) comes from Spanish cimarrón, from Taíno simaran — wild.

Cimarron (English): A Maroon (an African who escaped slavery in the Americas, or a descendant thereof), especially a member of the Cimarron people of Panama

Definitions

  1. A Maroon (an African who escaped slavery in the Americas, or a descendant thereof), especially a member of the Cimarron people of Panama

Ancestry of “Cimarron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcimarrónferal; rural; campestral; of a wild cultivar
2Taínosimaranwild
Every word from Taíno simaran →Every word from Spanish cimarrón →