The story
- French · borrowed fromkamichi
- English todaykamichi
From French kamichi, from earlier kamityi. Borrowed from an indigenous language of the Caribbean.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A South American bird with a long, slender, horn-like ornament on its head and two sharp spurs on each wing, the horned screamer, Anhima cornuta. Full definition →
From French kamichi, from earlier kamityi. Borrowed from an indigenous language of the Caribbean.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.