Where does “quinoa” come from?

Quinoa comes from Spanish quinua, borrowed from Quechua kinwa, a plant cultivated in the Andes.

quinoa (English): A goosefoot native to the Andes and cultivated...

Definitions

  1. A goosefoot native to the Andes and cultivated...

Ancestry of “quinoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishquinuaquinoa
2Quechuakinwaquinoa

Words derived from “quinoa”

Every word from Quechua kinwa →Every word from Spanish quinua →