Where does “Haiti” come from?
Haiti comes from Taíno hayiti, a word of unknown meaning in the language of the indigenous Caribbean people who inhabited the island.
Ancestry of “Haiti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | Haïti | of Haiti |
| 2 | Taíno | hayiti | mountainous land; land of lofty barrows or... |
Words derived from “Haiti”