Where does “quinoa” come from?

quinoa (Dutch) comes from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa — quinoa.

quinoa (Dutch): quinoa, "Chenopodium quinoa"; the seeds of the...

Definitions

  1. quinoa, "Chenopodium quinoa"; the seeds of the...

Ancestry of “quinoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishquinuaquinoa
2Quechuakinwaquinoa

Words derived from “quinoa”

Every word from Quechua kinwa →Every word from Spanish quinua →