Etymology

endocannibal

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Today it means: One who practises endocannibalism. Full definition →

English cannibal ← Spanish caníba ← Proto-Cariban *karipona
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dóm
  2. Proto-Hellenic*éndon
  3. Ancient Greekἔνδον (éndon)
  4. Englishendo-
  5. Proto-Cariban*karipona
  6. Spanishcaribe
  7. Spanishcaríbal
  8. Spanishcaníba
  9. Englishcannibal
  10. English todayendocannibal

From endo- + cannibal.

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