English
Taino
Taino comes from Taíno taino ‘lord, noble, foremost’.
- Taínomoderntaino‘lord, noble, foremost’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Taino
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Taínomoderntaino‘lord, noble, foremost’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Taino
Earliest quotation: 2015, Donald H Sullivan, Turnbull's Slaves: A Minorcan Story - Plus Taino: “He was accepted as a Taino now and must…”
Every English word from Taíno taino
Another origin of Taino
- Italianc. 1300–presentTaino
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
noun A member of a group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Taíno taino / Taino