The story
- Powhatan · borrowed fromwirowántĕsu“he is rich”
- English todaywerowance
Apparently borrowed from Powhatan wirowántĕsu (“he is rich”), from wiro (“to be rich”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
werowance
Today it means: A chief of an American Indian tribe in colonial Virginia and Maryland. Full definition →
Powhatan wirowántĕsu