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

'Aleut' transformed into the adjective form 'aleutic' to describe things related to the Aleut people or their language.

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