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Where does “tuckahoe” come from?

tuckahoe (English) comes from Powhatan tockawhoughe.

tuckahoe (English): Any edible root of a plant used by Native...

Definitions

  1. Any edible root of a plant used by Native...

Ancestry of “tuckahoe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Powhatantockawhoughe—
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