- canoe (n.)
- 1550s, originally in a West Indian context, from Spanish canoa, a term used by Columbus, from Arawakan (Haiti) canaoua. Extended to rough-made or dugout boats generally. Early variants in English included cano, canow, canoa, etc., before spelling settled down c. 1600.
- canoe (v.)
- 1842, from canoe (n.). Related: Canoed; canoing.
