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Where does “kokosh cake” come from?

kokosh cake (English) comes from Hungarian kakaós, from Hungarian kakaó, from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.

kokosh cake (English): Yeast cake of a particular kind, formed by...

Definitions

  1. Yeast cake of a particular kind, formed by...

Ancestry of “kokosh cake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankakaóscocoa, with cocoa
2Hungariankakaócocoa; cocoa, hot cocoa, hot chocolate
3SpanishCacao—
4Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
5Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—
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