Where does “mkakao” come from?

mkakao (Swahili) comes from Swahili kakao, from English cocoa, from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.

mkakao (Swahili): cocoa tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao

Definitions

  1. cocoa tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao

Ancestry of “mkakao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilikakaococoa
2EnglishcocoaThe dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of...
3SpanishCacaothe 655th most common surname in Guatemala
4Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
5Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl →Every word from Spanish Cacao →
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