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Where does “maca” come from?

maca (English) comes from Spanish maca, from Quechua maqa.

maca (English): The Andean medicinal herb Lepidium meyenii, or an...

Definitions

  1. The Andean medicinal herb Lepidium meyenii, or an...

Ancestry of “maca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmacamaca
2Quechuamaqa—
Every word from Quechua maqa →