Where does “可可” come from?

可可 (Chinese) comes from English cocoa, from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.

可可 (Chinese): cocoa; cacao; slight; little

Definitions

  1. cocoa; cacao; slight; little

Ancestry of “可可”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcocoaThe dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of...
2SpanishCacaothe 655th most common surname in Guatemala
3Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
4Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl →Every word from Spanish Cacao →