Etymology

Galibi

G2A1L1I1B3I1

Today it means: Synonym of Kari'na (“An indigenous people native to the north coast of South America”). Full definition →

French Galibi ← Spanish Caribe
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromCaribe
  2. French · borrowed fromGalibi
  3. English todayGalibi

Borrowed from French Galibi, ultimately from Spanish Caribe via an indigenous intermediate, possibly Karipúna Creole French or another creole. Doublet of Carib; further related to cannibal, caribe, Carijona, Garifuna, and Kari'na.

Words from the same roots

SpanishCaribe all →

caribecarib

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.