Etymology

cannibalism

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Today it means: The act of eating another of one's own species. Full definition →

English cannibal ← Spanish caníba ← Proto-Cariban *karipona
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  1. Proto-Cariban*karipona
  2. Spanishcaribe
  3. Spanishcaríbal
  4. Spanishcaníba
  5. Englishcannibal
  6. English todaycannibalism

From cannibal + -ism.

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