Where does “Maizena” come from?

Maizena (English) comes from English maize, from German Mais, from Russian маи́с, from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís, from Proto-Arawakan marikɨ.

Maizena (English): Cornflour, cornstarch

Definitions

  1. Cornflour, cornstarch

Ancestry of “Maizena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaizeCorn; a type of grain of the species "Zea mays"
2GermanMaismaize; corn; genitive singular of Mai
3Russianмаи́сmaize, corn
4Spanishmaízcorn, maize
5Taínomahís—
6Proto-Arawakanmarikɨ—
Every word from Proto-Arawakan marikɨ →
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