Where does “mocasin” come from?

mocasin (Romanian) comes from French mocassin, from Powhatan makasin, from Proto-Algonquian maxkeseni — moccasin, shoe.

mocasin (Romanian): moccasin

Definitions

  1. moccasin

Ancestry of “mocasin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmocassinmoccasin shoe
2Powhatanmakasin—
3Proto-Algonquianmaxkesenimoccasin, shoe
Every word from Proto-Algonquian maxkeseni →Every word from Powhatan makasin →Every word from French mocassin →