Where does “cacao” come from?

Cacao comes from Spanish cacao, from Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan kakawatl, a word for the cacao tree and its beans.

cacao (English): A tree, "Theobroma cacao", whose seed is used to...

Definitions

  1. A tree, "Theobroma cacao", whose seed is used to...

Ancestry of “cacao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishCacaothe 655th most common surname in Guatemala
2Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
3Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-

Words derived from “cacao

Every word from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-