The story
- Ojibwe · derived frommisiza:gi:“inhabitant of the great river mouth, that is, the Mississagi River”
- French · derived fromMississague
- English todaymassasauga
Possibly from the Mississagi River (Ontario, Canada), from French Mississague, Missisague (also Oumisagai, Michisaguek), from Ojibwe misiza:gi: (“inhabitant of the great river mouth, that is, the Mississagi River”). Doublet of Mississauga.
Words from the same roots
FrenchMississague all →
Mississauga
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.