huracán (Spanish)

Where does "huracán" come from?

The Spanish noun 'huracán' was borrowed from Taíno '*hurakā', which means 'hurricane'[1]. Through this linguistic journey, the word preserved its core meaning as it transitioned from the indigenous Taíno language into Spanish[1].

Open questions

• The Taíno etymon is reconstructed as the starred form '*hurakā'. [1]

Full etymology tree

• huracán (Spanish), 'hurricane'
  • borrowed *hurakā (Taíno), 'hurricane'
    • derived *hurakābor (Taíno)

Ancestors

• *hurakā (Taíno)

Descendants and derived words

• hurricane (English)
• ouragan (French)
• huracà (Catalan)
• orkaan (Dutch)
• hero-cane (English)
• hurrican (English)
• hurricane (English)
• hurricane (English)
• hurrikán (Hungarian)
• orkán (Hungarian)
• uragano (Italian)
• furacão (Portuguese)

Sources

1. huracán (Spanish) - Wiktionary

Updated August 2026

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