PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No in the reviewed dictionary. The suspended bed comes from Spanish hamaca from Taíno; the southern U.S. terrain sense is tied to earlier English forms and a Germanic comparison.
/ˈhæmək/ · noun
The suspended-bed sense entered English through Spanish hamaca from Taíno hamaca; it is etymologically separate from the southern U.S. terrain word hammock.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Independently confirms the Taíno ancestry of Spanish hamaca.
Definition — Del taíno hamacaGives separate etymologies for the suspended-bed and terrain homonyms.
Word History — noun (1) and noun (2)Only the suspended-bed lineage is traced through Taíno in this dossier.