Where does “cacahuète” come from?

cacahuète (French) comes from Spanish cacahuete, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.

cacahuète (French): peanut, goober

Definitions

  1. peanut, goober

Ancestry of “cacahuète”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcacahuetepeanut
2Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
3Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl →Every word from Spanish cacahuete →