Etymology

exocannibalism

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Today it means: A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰs
  3. Proto-Hellenic*eks
  4. Ancient Greekἐκ (ek)
  5. Ancient Greekἔξω (éxō)
  6. Englishexo-
  7. Proto-Cariban*karipona
  8. Spanishcaribe
  9. Spanishcaríbal
  10. Spanishcaníba
  11. Englishcannibal
  12. Englishcannibalism
  13. English todayexocannibalism

From exo- + cannibalism.

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