Where does “moca” come from?
moca (Italian) comes from Galician *mãoca, from Galician man, from Old Portuguese mão, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
moca (Italian): mocha; A coffee drink made from mocha; coffee
Definitions
- mocha; A coffee drink made from mocha; coffee
Ancestry of “moca”, step by step
moca traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician *mãoca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | *mãoca | — |
| 2 | Galician | man | hand; Synonym: figurative ownership; protection;... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | mão | hand |
| 4 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |
via Catalan moc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | moc | mucus; snot |
| 2 | Latin | muccus | — |
| 3 | Latin | mūcus | mucus |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | moukos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mew-k- | slimy, slippery; slip, slime |
via Arabic اَلْمُخَا
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | اَلْمُخَا | — |