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johnnymetoo t1_j177v11 wrote

Also barbecue: "The English word barbecue and its cognates in other languages come from the Indigenous Taino word barbacoa. Etymologists believe this to be derived from barabicu found in the language of the Arawak people of the Caribbean and the Timucua people of Florida"

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carlitospig t1_j18icfp wrote

Thank you, I’ve actually been curious of it’s origin too (love language history!), and for some reason assumed it was French/Latin.

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