'Aleutic' originates from 'Aleut,' specifically the word 'Aleut,' where 'Aleut' referred to the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands.

'Aleut' changed from the Russian word 'Алеут' and eventually became the modern English word 'Aleutic'.

Initially, it meant 'pertaining to the Aleut people,' and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.