The story
- French · borrowed fromÉrié
- English todayErie
From French Érié, from the shortening of an Erie word rendered in French as Erieehronon, Eriechronon, and Riquéronon and said to mean “long tail” or “long-tailed”, in reference to the eastern cougar (Puma concolor cougar).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.