Where does “alcagoita” come from?

alcagoita (Portuguese) comes from Spanish cacahuete, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.

alcagoita (Portuguese): peanut

Definitions

  1. peanut

Ancestry of “alcagoita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcacahuetepeanut
2Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
3Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl →Every word from Spanish cacahuete →