First recorded in 1629. FromPowhatan ("VirginiaAlgonquian"), though the exact source word is in question: suggestions includeuskatahomen,[1]appuminnéonash (“parched corn”),[2][3] androkohamin(“parched, ground corn”),[4] the last yielding also the unclippedrockahominy.
Afood made fromhulled corn (maize) kernels soaked inlye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominygrits.
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