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Where does “massasauga” come from?

massasauga (English) comes from French Mississague, from Ojibwe misizaagii — inhabitant of large river mouth.

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Ancestry of “massasauga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchMississague—
2Ojibwemisizaagiiinhabitant of large river mouth
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