Where does “Eskaleutic” come from?

Eskaleutic (English) comes from English eskimo, from French esquimau, from Algonquin ayashkimew.

Eskaleutic (English): Eskimo-Aleut language family

Definitions

  1. Eskimo-Aleut language family

Ancestry of “Eskaleutic”, step by step

Eskaleutic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English eskimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheskimoA member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic, from Siberia, through Alaska and Northern Canada, to Greenland, including the Inuit and Yupik
2FrenchesquimauEskimo; Inuit; snowsuit
3Algonquinayashkimew—

via English Aleutic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAleutic—
2EnglishAleutOf the Aleutian Islands, their inhabitants or...
3Russianалеу́тAleutian (person)
Every word from Algonquin ayashkimew →Every word from French esquimau →Every word from English eskimo →