Appendix talk:English terms of Native American origin

Anyone interested is welcome to peruse the list of probably Native American terms I have compiled here. - -sche (discuss) 23:18, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

most common
The most common words from Native American languages (one or two per major family) are, in descending order:
 * tobacco (from an Arawakan language... if not from Arabic)
 * cigarette (from a Mayan language)
 * chocolate (from a Nahuan language)
 * potato (from an Arawakan language)
 * cocaine (from a Quechuan language)
 * and markedly less common but still common:

- -sche (discuss) 08:33, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * moose (from an Algonquian language)
 * kayak (from an Eskimo-Aluet language)
 * cayenne and jaguar (from Tupian-Guaraní languages)
 * plantain (from a Cariban language)

Wikipedia
Wikipedia has a shorter list:. - -sche (discuss) 20:14, 12 June 2015 (UTC)