Influence

Due to extensive communication between the Americans and indigenous people, they began to adopt parts of each other’s languages. Some English words used today derived from the Native American language include:

Dontsova, Diana. “Diana ‘Diadonna’ Dontsovas Blogg: Femina.se.” Diana "Diadonna" Dontsovas Blogg

Squash - the definition referring to an act of crushing something that was already in the English language. However, the definition regarding zucchinis, pumpkins, and more were derived from the Narragansett language and called "isquoutersquash", later shortened to squash.

Mody, Alex. “Racoon.” Alex Mody Photography

Raccoon - came from the Powhatan language “arahkun”

"Skunk, Bayoi, and Other Words with Native American Origins." Merriam- Webster

Connecticut - many geographical terms for states, cities, and such come from indigenious origin. Connecticut comes from a word in Algonquian meaning “land on the long tidal river"

Diffusion of Languages