Where does “카카오톡” come from?

카카오톡 (Korean) comes from Korean 카카오, from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.

카카오톡 (Korean): KakaoTalk

Definitions

  1. KakaoTalk

Ancestry of “카카오톡”, step by step

카카오톡 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 카카오

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean카카오cacao
2SpanishCacaothe 655th most common surname in Guatemala
3Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
4Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-

via Korean talk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreantalk
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-