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

  1. Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to...

Ancestry of “coca”, step by step

coca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan coca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancocacoca pastry typically made and consumed in the Catalan-speaking areas
2Spanishcozkick
3Old Spanishcoçe—
4Latincalcemfirst-person singular present active subjunctive...

via Spanish coca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcocacoca; cocaine; Coke
2Quechuakukacoca

Words derived from “coca”

Every word from Latin calcem →Every word from Old Spanish coçe →Every word from Spanish coz →