Etymograph

English

Panama

Panama comes from Spanish Panamá.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentPanamá
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023Panama

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentPanamá
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023Panama

Earliest quotation: 2023, Anna Cooban: “Economists at Capital Economics wrote in an August note…”

The story

Borrowed from Spanish Panamá, of unknown origin.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain. Possibly from a Chibchan language such as Kuna, or another indigenous language of the region (such as Cueva, which is barely attested and is now extinct).

Every English word from Spanish Panamá

Today it means

name A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Panama.

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

Etymograph / Spanish Panamá / Panama

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