The story
- Ojibwe · derived fromWadoopikaang“where the alders grow”
- English todayEtobicoke
From Ojibwe Wadoopikaang (wah-do-be-kang, “where the alders grow”) . From the Mississaugas name of the land between the Etobicoke Creek and the Humber River. First transliterated into English as Ato-be-coake, becoming Tobacock, before becoming Etobicoke.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.