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Where does “mockasin” come from?

mockasin (Powhatan) comes from Proto-Algonquian maxkeseni — moccasin, shoe.

Ancestry of “mockasin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Algonquianmaxkesenimoccasin, shoe
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