Unscramble

h 4 a 1 c 3 k 5 m 3 a 1 t 1 a 1 c 3 k 5

10 letters · 27 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves

originBelieved to derive from Abenaki, though no specific etymon has been found. The term is first attested in the 1760s–90s, when it was spelled hakmantak and referred to dense forest. In European languages there was contamination between tacamahac, from Nahuatl, and various Algonquian words containing the final Proto-Algonquian *-a·xkw- (“hardwood or deciduous tree”), including the sources of…

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