Etymograph

English

Kentucky

Kentucky may come from iro; the iro form is not named.

  1. iromodernform not nameduncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2024Kentucky

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. iromodernform not nameduncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2024Kentucky

Earliest quotation: 2024, Edward-Isaac Dovere, Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to disc: “On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky,…”

The story

Uncertain; possibly from an Iroquoian word meaning "prairie"; compare Mohawk kenhtà:ke (‘the meadow’), Seneca gëdá'geh (‘at the field’).uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.

Today it means

name A state of the United States. Capital: Frankfort. Largest city: Louisville. Formally known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky, one of four such states known as Commonwealths.

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