Etymology

Athabascan

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Today it means: Pertaining to a group of peoples mostly inhabiting Alaska, western Canada, the Pacific coast of California and Oregon, and the Navajo and Apache peoples in the American Southwest. Full definition →

Cree Ahđapaskâw
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  1. Cree · derived fromAhđapaskâw
  2. English todayAthabascan

From Athabasca + -an, from Cree Ahđapaskâw (literally “where there are plants distributed in a net-like pattern”).

Words from the same roots

CreeAhđapaskâw all →

Athabasca

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.