Etymograph

English

Massachusetts

Massachusetts comes from Massachusett Muhsachuweesut.

  1. MassachusettmodernMuhsachuweesut
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2019Massachusetts

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. MassachusettmodernMuhsachuweesut
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2019Massachusetts

Earliest quotation: 2019, Amy Harmon, Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary: “So last summer, when the Massachusetts State Legislature became…”

A compound of muhs ‘great’ + wachuwees ‘hill’ + -ut

Every English word from Massachusett Muhsachuweesut

Today it means

name A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Boston.

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Etymograph / Massachusett Muhsachuweesut / Massachusetts

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