Maskoki
/mæˈskoʊki/noun
An older English term for the Muscogee people or the Muskogean language family.
Did you know?The deeper meaning of the name is disputed; although it is often connected with Muscogee self-designations, scholars do not securely translate it as “swamp people” or any other dramatic phrase.
Etymological Timeline
17th–18th Century
Muskogean languages
maskoke / maskoki
“A self-designation associated with the Muscogee people; the precise original meaning remains uncertain.”
18th Century
English
Muscogee
“An English rendering of the Indigenous name, used for the people and their polity.”
18th–19th Century
English
Maskoki
“An alternative scholarly and historical spelling used for the Muscogee-related peoples or languages.”
19th Century
English
Maskoki
“A classification term used in some linguistic and ethnographic writing for the language group now more commonly called Muskogean.”
Modern English
English
Maskoki
“A rare historical or linguistic term, generally replaced by Muscogee or Muskogean.”