Etymology

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Today it means: To go; depart, leave. Full definition →

First used mid- to late 19th c.Chinook Jargon tlatoa ← Nootka ƛatw̕a
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The story

  1. Nootka · derived fromƛatw̕a“to paddle away”
  2. Chinook Jargon · borrowed fromtlatoa“to go”
  3. English todayclattawa

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon tlatoa (“to go”), from Nootka ƛatw̕a (“to paddle away”).

First known use, by meaning

  • mid- to late 19th c. To go; depart, leave.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.