Where does “koko” come from?

koko (Marshallese) comes from English cocoa, from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.

koko (Marshallese): mahi-mahi; common dolphinfish

Definitions

  1. mahi-mahi; common dolphinfish

Ancestry of “koko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcocoaThe dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of...
2SpanishCacaothe 655th most common surname in Guatemala
3Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
4Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa- →