Need Dictionary Help

[JohnRich 4]

I'm tracing the origins of the word "canoe", for an article I'm writing for my canoe club.

The dictionary shows this info:

Origin of CANOE
French, from New Latin canoa, from Spanish, from Arawakan, of Cariban origin; akin to Carib kana:wa canoe
First Known Use: 1555

I'm a little confused by the format and punctuation of this statement.
Is this the proper way to interpret this origin:

"Canoe" comes from the French language.
The French got it from the Latin word "canoa" used by the Spanish.
The Spanish got it from "kana:wa" used by the Arawakan indians of the Caribbean islands.

Would that be correct?

Does anyone have a subscription to the online Oxford English Dictionary?

[Southern_Man 0]

Best explanation I can find (Not from OED):

Like cannibal, canoe is a word of Caribbean origin. In the language of the local Carib people it was canaoua, and it passed via Arawakan into Spanish (recorded by Christopher Columbus) as canoa. That was the form in which it first came into English; modern canoe is due to the influence of French canoe. Originally, the word was used for referring to any simple boat used by ‘primitive’ tribes; it was not until the late 18th century that a more settled idea of what we would today recognize as a canoe began to emerge.

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[oldwomanc6 60]

I have an Oxford English Dictionary on my Kindle and it says: " mid 16th century: from Spanish canoa, from Arawak, from Carib canaoua."

Not much different than you already have.

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[PiLFy 3]

Here ya go, John:

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=canoe

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=canoe

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canoe

http://www.word-origins.com/definition/canoe.html

http://www.myetymology.com/english/canoe.html

[JohnRich 4]

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Here ya go, John:
http://www.myetymology.com/english/canoe.html

"Etymology" - that's a word I hadn't thought to include in my searches. I should have thought of that.
Thanks a bunch! Wait, isn't that the science of bugs? Oh no, that one has an "n" in it.

Here's a sneak preview of my semi-finished draft:
"What is the origin of the word 'canoe'?"
https://thcc.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=496051&module_id=97430

I'm feeling like it's a bit too long and strays now and then from the topic of canoes and word origins. Maybe readers really won't care to know that much about the Arawak Indians...

[riddler 0]

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Wait, isn't that the science of bugs?

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[PiLFy 3]

From kissing Frogs???