Etymology

Algic

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Today it means: An indigenous language family of North America, comprising Wiyot, Yurok, and many Algonquian languages. Full definition →

English Atlantic ← Middle English Atlantyke ← Latin ā̆tlanticus
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The story

  1. UnamiAlikehane
  2. EnglishAllegheny
  3. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās)
  4. Ancient GreekἈτλαντικός (Atlantikós)
  5. Latinā̆tlanticus
  6. Middle EnglishAtlantyke
  7. EnglishAtlantic
  8. English todayAlgic

Blend of Allegheny + Atlantic. Coined by Henry Schoolcraft in his Algic Researches (1839) from the names of the Allegheny River and the Atlantic Ocean.

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