Etymology

Inuit

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Today it means: A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland. Full definition →

Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ← Proto-Inuit *inuɣ
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  1. Proto-Inuit · derived from*inuɣ
  2. Inuktitut · borrowed fromᐃᓄᐃᑦ“the people”
  3. English todayInuit

First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”), from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ.

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