Where does “cacauet” come from?

cacauet (Catalan) comes from Spanish cacahuete, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.

cacauet (Catalan): peanut nut and plant

Definitions

  1. peanut nut and plant

Ancestry of “cacauet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcacahuetepeanut
2Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
3Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl →Every word from Spanish cacahuete →
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