Etymology

Kickapoo

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Today it means: A member of a particular Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe. Full definition →

Spanish Kikapú
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromKikapú
  2. English todayKickapoo

Borrowed from Spanish Kikapú, further origins are contested; an Anishinaabeg source proposes giiwigaabaw (“stand here and there”), in reference to the tribe's migratory patterns.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.