Where does “kakao” come from?

kakao (Tok Pisin) comes from English cacao, from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.

kakao (Tok Pisin): cocoa

Definitions

  1. cocoa

Ancestry of “kakao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcacaoA tree, "Theobroma cacao", whose seed is used to...
2SpanishCacaothe 655th most common surname in Guatemala
3Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
4Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl →Every word from Spanish Cacao →
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