Appendix talk:English terms of Native American origin
Latest comment: 8 years ago by -sche in topic Wikipedia
Anyone interested is welcome to peruse the list of probably Native American terms I have compiled here. - -sche (discuss) 23:18, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
most common
[edit]The most common words from Native American languages (one or two per major family) are, in descending order:
- tobacco (from an Arawakan language... if not from Arabic)
- cigarette (from a Mayan language)
- chocolate (from a Nahuan language)
- potato (from an Arawakan language)
- cocaine (from a Quechuan language)
- and markedly less common but still common:
- moose (from an Algonquian language)
- kayak (from an Eskimo-Aluet language)
- cayenne and jaguar (from Tupian-Guaraní languages)
- plantain (from a Cariban language)
- -sche (discuss) 08:33, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia
[edit]Wikipedia has a shorter list: List of English words from indigenous languages of the Americas. - -sche (discuss) 20:14, 12 June 2015 (UTC)