Etymograph

English

Kanabec County

Kanabec County may come from English spelling ‘Snake River’.

  1. English1500–presentspelling‘Snake River’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayKanabec County

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentspelling‘Snake River’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayKanabec County

Made of the words Kanabec + County

Latin comes ‘count’

Latin comitātus ‘jurisdiction of a count’

Anglo-Norman counté

Middle English countee

English County

Today it means

name One of 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: Mora.

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

Etymograph / English spelling / Kanabec County