Where does “coca” come from?
Coca derives from Catalan coca, from Quechua kuka, from Proto-Germanic kakǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gog, with the sense development unclear across the language chain.
coca (English): Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to...
Definitions
- Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to...
Ancestry of “coca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | coca | coca |
| 2 | Spanish | coz | kick |
| 3 | Old Spanish | coçe | — |
| 4 | Latin | calcem | first-person singular present active subjunctive... |
Words derived from “coca”