Etymology

Garifuna

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Today it means: An individual member of the Garinagu people. Full definition →

Garifuna garifuna ← Kalinago karifuna ← Proto-Cariban *karipona
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The story

  1. Proto-Cariban · derived from*karipona“person”
  2. Kalinago · derived fromkarifuna
  3. Garifuna · derived fromgarifuna
  4. English todayGarifuna

From Garifuna garifuna, from Kalinago karifuna, from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Cariban*karipona all →

cannibalcaribCarijonaKari'na

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.