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

  1. hull; dough; a little kid, young child, baby

Ancestry of “coca”, step by step

coca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French coca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchcocaCoke; cola; coca
2Englishcoca-colaA particular cola soft drink (type of carbonated drink), produced by the Coca-Cola Company
3EnglishCOLAAcronym of cost of living adjustment
4Spanishcolatail
5Vulgar Latincodatail
6LatincaudaA tail
7Proto-Italickaudātail
8Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—

via French coque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoqueshell; the casing of a phone; hull
2Old Frenchcoqueshell; a type of small boat
3Latincoccuma scarlet berry of various plants; a gall of...
4Ancient Greekκόκκοςgrain, seed, kernel; The kermes oak; insects of...

Words derived from “coca”

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