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Where does “Canada” come from?
Canada (Latin) comes from French Canada, from Laurentian kanata — village or settlement.
Ancestry of “Canada”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
French
Canada
—
2
Laurentian
kanata
village or settlement
Words derived from “Canada”
inch
painter
ounce
panther
feline
lynx
Lynx
Oka
painterly
uncial
quincunx
oka
inchworm
housepainter
felid
uncia
unce
incher
onza
ocarina
inchlong
paintress
inchwide
pantherine
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