Where does “coca-cola” come from?

coca-cola (English) comes from English COLA, from Spanish cola, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.

coca-cola (English): A particular cola soft drink (type of carbonated drink), produced by the Coca-Cola Company

Definitions

  1. A particular cola soft drink (type of carbonated drink), produced by the Coca-Cola Company

Ancestry of “coca-cola”, step by step

coca-cola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English COLA

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCOLAAcronym of cost of living adjustment
2Spanishcolatail
3Vulgar Latincodatail
4LatincaudaA tail
5Proto-Italickaudātail
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—

via English coca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcocaAny of the four cultivated plants which belong to...
2Catalancocacoca pastry typically made and consumed in the Catalan-speaking areas
3Spanishcozkick
4Old Spanishcoçe—
5Latincalcemfirst-person singular present active subjunctive...

Words derived from “coca-cola”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic kaudā →Every word from Latin cauda →