The story
- Iroquoian · derived from
- English todayorenda
Supposedly coined in 1902 by American ethnologist John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt using a Wyandot (Iroquoian) cognate to Mohawk orę́·naʔ (“inherent power”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: A mystical power thought by the Iroquois to pervade all things. Full definition →
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