English
Miskito
Miskito comes from Spanish Mosquito, and goes back to Miskito Miskito.
- MiskitomodernMiskito
- Spanishc. 1500–presentMosquito
- Englishearliest quotation 1789Miskito
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- MiskitomodernMiskito
- Spanishc. 1500–presentMosquito
- Englishearliest quotation 1789Miskito
Earliest quotation: 1789, Olaudah Equiano: “Before I embarked, I found with the Doctor four…”
Every English word from Miskito Miskito
Today it means
adj Pertaining to a Native American people living in the region of Moskitia in Central America.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Miskito Miskito / Miskito