Etymograph

English

Galibi

Galibi comes from French Galibi, and goes back to Proto-Cariban *karipona ‘person’.

  1. Proto-Caribanprehistoric (reconstructed)*karipona‘person’reconstructed
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentCaribe
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentGalibi
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Caribanprehistoric (reconstructed)*karipona‘person’reconstructed
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentCaribe
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentGalibi
  4. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from French Galibi, ultimately from Spanish Caribe via an indigenous intermediate, possibly Karipúna Creole French or another creole.

Linked words

through Spanish Caribe

cannibal, caribe, 1 more

Today it means

noun Synonym of Kari'na (“An indigenous people native to the north coast of South America”).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Cariban *karipona / Galibi

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