Where does “caribú” come from?

caribú (Spanish) comes from French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu, from Proto-Algonquian maka·lipowa, from Proto-Algonquian maka·l- — scrape, shovel, remove.

caribú (Spanish): caribou, reindeer

Definitions

  1. caribou, reindeer

Ancestry of “caribú”, step by step

caribú traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French caribou

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcariboucaribou
2Mi'kmaqqalipucaribou
3Proto-Algonquianmaka·lipowacaribou
4Proto-Algonquianmaka·l-scrape, shovel, remove

via Canadian French caribou

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Canadian Frenchcariboucaribou

Words derived from “caribú”

Every word from Proto-Algonquian maka·l- →Every word from Proto-Algonquian maka·lipowa →Every word from Mi'kmaq qalipu →