moccasin
moc·ca·sin
noun
Origin
From Powhatan makasin, mockasin, mawhcasuns (plural), from Proto-Algonquian *maxkeseni. The word is cognate with Massachusett mohkisson, mokussin, Mi'kmaq mksɨn, Munsee mahkusin, Ojibwe makizin. First appears c. 1612 in the writings of John Smith. It has been suggested that sense 4 (“North American snake”) may be derived from a different Native American word.
Phrases
- American moccasin
- Asiatic moccasin
- black moccasin
- Chinese moccasin
- copperhead moccasin
- cottonmouth moccasin
- driving moccasin
- dry-land moccasin
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