Pronounced: AN-uh-dine, adj/noun
Notes: I did not know the definition, but I think I have run across it in some reading
Yesterday’s word
The word calumet is “a highly ornamented ceremonial pipe of the American Indians”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1600s
Background / Comments
The more well-known term for our word is “peace pipe”. Our word came from the American French word calumet, who began using it in the 1600s to refer to the highly ornamented clay pipes of the American Indians. The French word came from the Latin word calamus (reed; pen), which came from the Greek word kalamos (reed; pen).
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