Where does “kakao” come from?

kakao (Swedish) comes from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.

kakao (Swedish): cocoa, cacao

Definitions

  1. cocoa, cacao

Ancestry of “kakao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishCacaothe 655th most common surname in Guatemala
2Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
3Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—

Words derived from “kakao”

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