Etymology

Saulteaux

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Today it means: an indigenous nation from the northern Great Plains and southern Canadian Shield, the Westernmost branch of the Ojibwe or Anishnaabe Full definition →

French saulteux
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The story

  1. French · derived fromsault“waterfall”
  2. French · derived fromsaulteurs
  3. French · derived fromsaulteux
  4. English todaySaulteaux

From French saulteux, or French saulteurs, from French sault (“waterfall”) in reference to Sault Ste. Marie (then called Sault de Gaston) where the French first encountered them.

Words from the same roots

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