Where does “kinoa” come from?

kinoa (Finnish) comes from English quinoa, from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa — quinoa.

kinoa (Finnish): quinoa

Definitions

  1. quinoa

Ancestry of “kinoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquinoaA goosefoot native to the Andes and cultivated...
2Spanishquinuaquinoa
3Quechuakinwaquinoa
Every word from Quechua kinwa →Every word from Spanish quinua →Every word from English quinoa →