Etymology

cajun

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Today it means: A member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, primarily French-speaking Catholic and living in Southern Louisiana and Maine. Full definition →

Acadian French Cadien
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  1. Acadian French · derived fromCadien
  2. English todayCajun

An Anglicization of the Acadian French Cadien (itself an aphetic form of Acadien (“Acadian”)), reflecting the palatalization of /dj/ to /d͡ʒ/ in the Acadian dialect.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.