Where does “mokasin” come from?

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

mokasin (Tagalog): moccasin

Definitions

  1. moccasin

Ancestry of “mokasin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmoccasinA traditional Native North American shoe, usually...
2Powhatanmockasin—
3Proto-Algonquianmaxkesenimoccasin, shoe
Every word from Proto-Algonquian maxkeseni →Every word from Powhatan mockasin →Every word from English moccasin →