Etymology

canticoy

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Today it means: A social gathering, usually for dancing. Full definition →

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The story

From an Algonquian (probably Lenape) language; compare Unami këntke (“he dances”) and English cantico.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.