Where does “tapiocă” come from?

tapiocă (Romanian) comes from French tapioca, from Portuguese tapioca, from Old Tupi tapi'oka — tapioca.

tapiocă (Romanian): tapioca

Definitions

  1. tapioca

Ancestry of “tapiocă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtapiocatapioca
2Portuguesetapiocatapioca starchy food made from cassava
3Old Tupitapi'okatapioca
Every word from Old Tupi tapi'oka →Every word from Portuguese tapioca →Every word from French tapioca →