The story
- Mi'kmaq · derived fromalgoomeaking“at the place of spearing fish and eels”
- Canadian French · derived fromalgonquin
- English todayAlgonquin
From Canadian French algonquin, from earlier algoumequin, from either Maliseet elakómkwik ("these are our relatives") or Mi'kmaq algoomeaking (“at the place of spearing fish and eels”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.