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Showing words for ESKIMO using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Eskimo

eskimo

5 Letter Words for Eskimo

mikes, moise, mokes, mokis, skime, skimo, smoke

4 Letter Words for Eskimo

eiks, emos, kois, komi, meio, meso, mike, miso, moes, moke, moki, mose, mosk, oiks, oime, okes, okie, omsk, seik, semi, sike, sime, skeo, skim, skio, soke, some

3 Letter Words for Eskimo

eik, emo, ems, eom, eos, esm, ike, imo, ios, ise, ism, iso, kie, kim, koi, kos, ksi, mei, mes, mis, mks, moe, moi, mos, oes, oie, oik, ois, oke, oki, oms, ose, osi, sei, sem, sie, sim, ski, sok, som

Definitions for Eskimo

[1] a member of an indigenous people of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and northeastern Siberia, characterized by short, stocky build and light-brown complexion.
[2] either of two related languages spoken by the Eskimos, one in Greenland, Canada, and northern Alaska, the other in southern Alaska and Siberia.
[3] plural -mos or -mo a member of a group of peoples inhabiting N Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and E Siberia, having a material culture adapted to an extremely cold climate
[4] the language of these peoples
[5] a family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut
[6] relating to, denoting, or characteristic of the Eskimos

Origin of Eskimo

1575–85; < earlier Esqimawe(s ), apparently via French (of 16th-century Basque fishermen) < Spanish esquimao(s ) < Montagnais (French spelling) aiachkimeou- a name for the Micmac, extended or transferred to the Labrador Eskimo among the eastern Montagnais; perhaps literally, snowshoe-netter (compare Ojibwa aškime· to net snowshoes); cf. husky3

Other words from Eskimo

Es·ki·mo·an , adjective
Es·ki·moid [es -kuh -moid] /ˈɛs kəˌmɔɪd/ , adjective
pro-Es·ki·mo , adjective, noun, plural pro-Es·ki·mos, pro-Es·ki·mo.

Word origin for Eskimo

C18 from Algonquian Esquimawes