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Where does “jícamas” come from?

jícamas (Spanish) comes from Nahuatl xīcama, from Classical Nahuatl xīcamatl.

Ancestry of “jícamas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nahuatlxīcama—
2Classical Nahuatlxīcamatl—
Every word from Classical Nahuatl xīcamatl →