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Where does “cocún” come from?

cocún (Irish) comes from English cocoon, from French cocon, from Occitan coucoun, from Occitan coco — shell.

cocún (Irish): cocoon

Definitions

  1. cocoon

Ancestry of “cocún”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcocoonThe silky protective case spun by the larvae of...
2Frenchcoconcocoon
3Occitancoucouncocoon
4Occitancocoshell
Every word from Occitan coco →