Where does “ハリケーン” come from?

ハリケーン (Japanese) comes from English hurricane, from Spanish huracán, from Taíno juracán.

ハリケーン (Japanese): hurricane

Definitions

  1. hurricane

Ancestry of “ハリケーン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhurricaneA severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic...
2Spanishhuracánhurricane
3Taínojuracán
Every word from Taíno juracán