Etymology

Kari'na

Today it means: An indigenous people native to the north coast of South America (in parts of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana), the mainland Caribs or Caribs proper. Full definition →

Kari'na karìna ← Proto-Cariban *karipona
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The story

  1. Proto-Cariban · derived from*karipona“person”
  2. Kari'na · borrowed fromkarìna
  3. English todayKari'na

Borrowed from Kari'na karìna, from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Cariban*karipona all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.