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Where does “coke” come from?

Coke is a shortening of English cocaine, which derives from English coca, from Catalan coca, ultimately tracing through Latin -inus and Proto-Indo-European roots.

coke (English): Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven;...

Definitions

  1. Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven;...

Ancestry of “coke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcocaineAn addictive drug derived from coca or prepared...
2English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-é—
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “coke”

  • coax
  • cokes
  • coker
  • cokehead
  • coaxer
  • coak
  • coky
  • semicoke
  • decoke
  • cokeless
  • cokelike
  • biocoke
  • coaxest
  • coaxeth
  • coque
  • кокс
  • coke
  • cokes
  • Koks
  • koksi
  • koksata
  • koksittaa
  • koksiintua
  • koksautua
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