English
Inuit
Inuit comes from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ‘the people’, and goes back to Proto-Inuit *inuɣ.
- Proto-Inuitprehistoric (reconstructed)*inuɣreconstructed
- Inuktitutmodernᐃᓄᐃᑦinoit‘the people’
- EnglishtodayInuit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Inuitprehistoric (reconstructed)*inuɣreconstructed
- Inuktitutmodernᐃᓄᐃᑦinoit‘the people’
- EnglishtodayInuit
first attested First attested 1755–65 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested 1755–65.
Every English word from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ
Today it means
noun A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Inuit *inuɣ / Inuit