Where does “coca” come from?
coca (Romanian) comes from French coca, from English coca-cola, from English COLA, from Spanish cola, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.
coca (Romanian): hull; dough; a little kid, young child, baby
Definitions
- hull; dough; a little kid, young child, baby
Ancestry of “coca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | coca | Coke; cola; coca |
| 2 | English | coca-cola | — |
| 3 | English | COLA | Acronym of cost of living adjustment |
| 4 | Spanish | cola | tail; line , queue; empennage, aircraft tail |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | coda | tail |
| 6 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |