English
Toronto
Toronto comes from Mohawk tkaronto ‘where trees stand in water’.
- Mohawkmoderntkaronto‘where trees stand in water’
- Englishearliest quotation 2022Toronto
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mohawkmoderntkaronto‘where trees stand in water’
- Englishearliest quotation 2022Toronto
Earliest quotation: 2022, Catherine Porter, A ‘Wild West’ of Marijuana Shops Grows in Toronto: “As Toronto slowly comes back to life after two…”
Every English word from Mohawk tkaronto
Today it means
name The capital city of Ontario, Canada and the largest city in Canada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mohawk tkaronto / Toronto