Where does “pipoca” come from?
pipoca (Portuguese) comes from Old Tupi pi'poka, from Old Tupi pira — skin.
pipoca (Portuguese): popcorn; small skin boil; tapeworm cyst embedded...
Definitions
- popcorn; small skin boil; tapeworm cyst embedded...
Ancestry of “pipoca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Tupi | pi'poka | the sudden burst of a surface; popcorn |
| 2 | Old Tupi | pira | skin |
Words derived from “pipoca”