Etymograph

English

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

From Malecite + Passamaquoddy.

A compound of Maliseet + Passamaquoddy

Mi'kmaq Malesse'jik ‘broken talkers’

English Maliseet

Malecite-Passamaquoddy Peskotomuhkat ‘those who spear pollock / those who live…’

English Passamaquoddy

Today it means

name The Algonquian language spoken by the Maliseet and Passamaquoddy peoples in New England and Canada.

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

Etymograph / Malecite-Passamaquoddy