Where does “caribou” come from?
Caribou comes from French caribou, borrowed from Mi'kmaq qalipu, ultimately derived from Proto-Algonquian maka·lipowa, itself built from the root maka·l-.
caribou (English): Any of several North American subspecies of the...
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- Any of several North American subspecies of the...
Ancestry of “caribou”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Canadian French | caribou | caribou |
| 2 | Mi'kmaq | qalipu | caribou |
| 3 | Proto-Algonquian | maka·lipowa | caribou |
| 4 | Proto-Algonquian | maka·l- | scrape, shovel, remove |
Words derived from “caribou”