Where does “cacahuete” come from?

cacahuete (Spanish) comes from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.

cacahuete (Spanish): peanut

Definitions

  1. peanut

Ancestry of “cacahuete”, step by step

cacahuete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
2Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—

via Spanish cacahuate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishcacahuateAlternative form of cacahuete
2Nahuatlcacahuatlcocoa

Words derived from “cacahuete”

Every word from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl →