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Where does “mattump” come from?

mattump (English) comes from Proto-Algonquian wetempi, from Proto-Algic wetempe — head.

Ancestry of “mattump”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Algonquianwetempihead, brain
2Proto-Algicwetempehead

Words derived from “mattump”

  • tumpline
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