Where does “ka-mú-tī” come from?

ka-mú-tī (Hokkien) comes from Tagalog kamote, from Mexican Spanish camote, from Classical Nahuatl camohtli — the edible tuber of the sweet potato plant,...

ka-mú-tī (Hokkien): sweet potato

Definitions

  1. sweet potato

Ancestry of “ka-mú-tī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogkamoteThe plant "Ipomoea batatas"; The tuber of this...
2Mexican Spanishcamote—
3Classical Nahuatlcamohtlithe edible tuber of the sweet potato plant,...
Every word from Classical Nahuatl camohtli →