Where does “kakauí” come from?

kakauí (Nheengatu) comes from Nheengatu kakáu, from Portuguese cacau, from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.

kakauí (Nheengatu): tree of the species Theobroma speciosum

Definitions

  1. tree of the species Theobroma speciosum

Ancestry of “kakauí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatukakáucacao tree (Theobroma cacao)
2Portuguesecacaucocoa; cacao
3SpanishCacaothe 655th most common surname in Guatemala
4Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
5Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa- →