Where does “cacahuete” come from?
cacahuete (Spanish) comes from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.
cacahuete (Spanish): peanut
Ancestry of “cacahuete”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Nahuatl | cacahuatl | cacao, cacao bean |
| 2 | Proto-Nahuan | *kakawa- | — |
Words derived from “cacahuete”