Where does “pirogue” come from?
Pirogue comes from French pirogue, from Spanish piragua, from Galibi Carib piraua, a type of boat used by Caribbean indigenous peoples.
pirogue (English): A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a...
Definitions
- A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a...
Ancestry of “pirogue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pirogue | pirogue made by hollowing a log; any canoe |
| 2 | Spanish | piragua | pirogue; piragua |
| 3 | Spanish | agua | water; body of water; rain |
| 4 | Old Spanish | agua | water |
| 5 | Latin | aqua | water |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | akʷā | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ekʷeh₂ | water, flowing water |