an idea 14:28 Feb 16, 2018
From Carib? one of a native people of Central America and northern South America and formerly of the Caribbean," 1550s, from Spanish Caribe, from Arawakan (West Indies) kalingo, karina, or kalino, said to mean "brave ones" or else "strong men." As an adjective by 1881.
That's a definition from an etymological dictionary. If you google carib, it would appear that it is of Spanish origin, and is linked to the word cannibal, but for the moment haven't seen anything more precise
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