Where does “coca” come from?
coca (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese coçar, from French cocarde, from Old French cocquart, from French coq, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen.
coca (Portuguese): coca; Coke; snow
Definitions
- coca; Coke; snow
Ancestry of “coca”, step by step
coca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese coçar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | coçar | to scratch; to itch |
| 2 | French | cocarde | rosette; cockade |
| 3 | Old French | cocquart | vain |
| 4 | French | coq | male chicken, rooster, cockerel, cock; a cook |
| 5 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 6 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 7 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 8 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 9 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 10 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 12 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English coca-cola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coca-cola | A particular cola soft drink (type of carbonated drink), produced by the Coca-Cola Company |
| 2 | English | COLA | Acronym of cost of living adjustment |
| 3 | Spanish | cola | tail |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | coda | tail |
| 5 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |