English Explanatory Dictionary

Algic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An indigenous language family of North America, comprising Wiyot, Yurok, and many Algonquian languages.

Pronunciation

/ˈæl.ɡɪk/

Word forms

Algic

Etymology

Etymology tree Unami Alikehanebor. English Allegheny Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)bor. Latin ā̆tlanticusbor. Middle English Atlantyke English Atlantic blend English Algic Blend of Allegheny + Atlantic. Coined by Henry Schoolcraft in his Algic Researches (1839) from the names of the Allegheny River and the Atlantic Ocean.

Derived words

Proto-Algic
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