Where does “kakaw” come from?

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

kakaw (Tagalog): cacao tree; cacao fruit or seed

Definitions

  1. cacao tree; cacao fruit or seed

Ancestry of “kakaw”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kakaw”

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