Etymology

pirogue

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Today it means: A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log. Full definition →

French pirogue ← Spanish piragua ← Kari'na piraua
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The story

  1. Kari'na · derived frompiraua
  2. Spanish · derived frompiragua
  3. French · borrowed frompirogue
  4. English todaypirogue

From French pirogue, in turn from Spanish piragua, from Kari'na piraua. Doublet of periagua.

Words from the same roots

Spanishpiragua all →

periagua

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