Etymology

Carijona

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Today it means: A South American indigenous group. Full definition →

Spanish Carijona ← cbd karihona ← Proto-Cariban *karipona
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The story

  1. Proto-Cariban · derived from*karipona“person”
  2. cbd · derived fromkarihona“Carijona-speaker, person”
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromCarijona
  4. English todayCarijona

Borrowed from Spanish Carijona, itself borrowed from Carijona karihona (“Carijona-speaker, person”), from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Doublet of Carib, cannibal, caribe, Garifuna, and Kari'na.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Cariban*karipona all →

cannibalcaribGarifunaKari'na

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