English
Ontario
Ontario may come from Wyandot ontari꞉io.
- Wyandotmodernontari꞉ioliterally ‘great lake’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2021Ontario
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Wyandotmodernontari꞉ioliterally ‘great lake’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2021Ontario
Earliest quotation: 2021, Tony Lange, The Border-Town Effect: Dispensaries Boom on State Line: “Dan Cummings, the community development director in Ontario, Ore.,…”
The story
The Canadian province and New York county were named after the lake.
Every English word from Wyandot ontari꞉io
Today it means
name A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Toronto.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Wyandot ontari꞉io / Ontario