English
Kickapoo
Kickapoo comes from Spanish Kikapú.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentKikapúdisputed
- EnglishtodayKickapoo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentKikapúdisputed
- EnglishtodayKickapoo
The story
Borrowed from Spanish Kikapú, further origins are contested; an Anishinaabeg source proposes giiwigaabaw (‘stand here and there’), in reference to the tribe's migratory patterns.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.
Every English word from Spanish Kikapú
Today it means
noun A member of a particular Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Kikapú / Kickapoo