The word "maroon" is derived via French from the Spanish word cimarrón, meaning " wild " or "untamed". This word usually referred to runaways, castaways , or the shipwrecked; those marooned probably would never return. The origin of the Spanish word cimarrón is unknown .
The word "maroon" is derived from the Spanish , French and Italian word(s) for " brown " , and sometimes erroneously attributed to cimarron, a type of mountain goat , or the Spanish word for 'unruly' or 'wild' .
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via French
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word cimarrón, meaning
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wild
brown
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or "untamed". This word usually referred to runaways, castaways
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shipwrecked; those marooned probably would never return. The origin of the Spanish word cimarrón is unknown
Spanish word for 'unruly' or 'wild'