Etymology

machicote

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Today it means: An underskirt worn by some Native American girls and women. Full definition →

Ojibwe majigoodenh ← Proto-Algonquian *-iko·tay
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The story

  1. Proto-Algonquian · derived from*-iko·tay“skirt”
  2. Ojibwe · borrowed frommajigoodenh“dress”
  3. English todaymachicote

Borrowed from Ojibwe majigoodenh (“dress”), from Proto-Algonquian *-iko·tay (“skirt”), with an empty prefix and contemptive suffix.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.