Canoeing
/kəˈnuː.ɪŋ/noun
The activity or sport of traveling in a canoe.
Did you know?English got *canoe* through Spanish from a Taíno word recorded in the Caribbean after Columbus’s voyages, making it one of the many everyday words preserved from the first contact between Europe and the Americas.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-1492
Taíno
kanowa
“A dugout boat or canoe”
15th Century
Spanish
canoa
“A canoe, especially one encountered in the Caribbean”
16th Century
French
canot
“A small boat or canoe”
16th Century
English
canoe
“A light boat used for travel on water, especially by Indigenous peoples of the Americas”
19th Century
English
canoeing
“The act or sport of traveling in a canoe”