The story
- Algonquian · derived frompecan
- French · derived fromla Pacanière
- English todayPecan Island
pecan + island. From being highground in a marshland, akin to an island in a lake. From French la Pacanière, from pacanier (“pecan tree”), from pacane (“pecan”), from Algonquian.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.