Etymograph

English

Guinea

Guinea comes from Portuguese Guiné.

  1. Portuguesec. 1500–presentGuiné
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Guinea

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Portuguesec. 1500–presentGuiné
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Guinea

Earliest quotation: 2025, Angela Giuffrida and Harriet Sherwood, White smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney signals election of : “Among the frontrunners before the conclave began were Pietro…”

Formed from Guiné + -ia

The story

From Portuguese Guiné + -ia, the first part of which is of uncertain origin.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.

Every English word from Portuguese Guiné

Today it means

name The coastal region of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea.

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

Etymograph / Portuguese Guiné / Guinea

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