Etymology

choupique

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Today it means: The bowfin fish, Amia calva Full definition →

Louisiana French choupique ← Choctaw shupik
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The story

  1. Choctaw · derived fromshupik“bowfin, mudfish”
  2. Louisiana French · borrowed fromchoupique
  3. English todaychoupique

Borrowed from Louisiana French choupique, from Choctaw shupik (“bowfin, mudfish”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.