Where does “kakao” come from?

kakao (Lingala) comes from French cacao, from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.

kakao (Lingala): cocoa

Definitions

  1. cocoa

Ancestry of “kakao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcacaococoa
2SpanishCacaothe 655th most common surname in Guatemala
3Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
4Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa- →