Where does “canoe” come from?

canoe (Middle French) comes from Spanish canoa, from Taíno kanowa, from Proto-Arawak kanawa — canoe.

canoe (Middle French): dugout made from the trunk of a tree

Definitions

  1. dugout made from the trunk of a tree

Ancestry of “canoe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcanoacanoe
2Taínokanowacanoe
3Proto-Arawakkanawacanoe

Words derived from “canoe”

Every word from Proto-Arawak kanawa →Every word from Taíno kanowa →Every word from Spanish canoa →