Etymology

canoeing

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Today it means: A water sport involving travelling or racing in canoes or kayaks. Full definition →

English canoe ← Spanish canoa ← Taíno *kanowa
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The story

  1. Proto-Arawak*kanawa
  2. Taíno*kanowa
  3. Spanishcanoa
  4. Englishcanoe
  5. English todaycanoeing

From canoe + -ing.

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