English
Wichita
Wichita may come from Creek we-chate ‘red water’.
- Creekmodernwe-chate‘red water’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1966Wichita
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Creekmodernwe-chate‘red water’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1966Wichita
Earliest quotation: 1966, Allen Ginsberg: “Future speeding on swift wheels / straight to the…”
Every English word from Creek we-chate
Today it means
noun A member of a tribe of Native Americans, most populous in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Creek we-chate / Wichita