Did you know that 'wigwam' is actually Amerindian?

'Wigwam' is a word borrowed from Amerindian 'wigwam'. The word entered the English language some time around 1628.

wigwam [noun] [1628]

• a hut of the American Indians of the Great Lakes region and eastward having typically an arched framework of poles over...
• a rough hut

See 'wigwam' on the Loan Words Map

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Etymology: Eastern Abenaki 'wìkəwαm' house

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