Where does “kùku'úne” come from?
kùku'úne (Taos) comes from English cocoa, from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.
kùku'úne (Taos): cocoa
Ancestry of “kùku'úne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | cocoa | The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of... |
| 2 | Spanish | Cacao | — |
| 3 | Classical Nahuatl | cacahuatl | cacao, cacao bean |
| 4 | Proto-Nahuan | *kakawa- | — |