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Where does “coklat” come from?

coklat (Malay) comes from English chocolate, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.

coklat (Malay): chocolate; Nonstandard form of cokelat

Definitions

  1. chocolate; Nonstandard form of cokelat

Ancestry of “coklat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchocolateA food made from ground roasted cocoa beans; A...
2Spanishchocolatechocolate; hot chocolate; hashish
3Classical Nahuatlchocolātl—
4Nahuatlchicolātl—
Every word from Nahuatl chicolātl →