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Where does “coca” come from?

coca (Spanish) comes from Quechua kuka — coca.

coca (Spanish): coca; cocaine; Coke

Definitions

  1. coca; cocaine; Coke

Ancestry of “coca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Quechuakukacoca

Words derived from “coca”

  • cocaine
  • coke
  • coax
  • coca
  • cokes
  • coker
  • cokehead
  • cocaethylene
  • norcocaine
  • cocainism
  • coaxer
  • anticocaine
  • coak
  • anticoca
  • cocainization
  • cocainist
  • coky
  • semicoke
  • cocainelike
  • decoke
  • cokeless
  • cokelike
  • cocainize
  • coquilla
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