Where does “cacaoboon” come from?

cacaoboon (Dutch) comes from Dutch boon, from Middle Dutch bône, from Old Dutch bōna, from Proto-West Germanic baunu, from Proto-Germanic baunō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

cacaoboon (Dutch): cocoa bean

Definitions

  1. cocoa bean

Ancestry of “cacaoboon”, step by step

cacaoboon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch boon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboonbean
2Middle Dutchbônebean
3Old Dutchbōnabean
4Proto-West Germanicbaunubean
5Proto-Germanicbaunōbean
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

via Dutch cacao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchcacaococoa
2SpanishCacaothe 655th most common surname in Guatemala
3Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
4Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →