Where does “mānioke” come from?

mānioke (Tongan) comes from English manioc, from French manioc, from Spanish mandioca, from Portuguese mandioca, from Old Tupi mani'oka — cassava, manioc.

mānioke (Tongan): cassava, manioc

Definitions

  1. cassava, manioc

Ancestry of “mānioke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaniocThe tropical plant "Manihot esculenta", from...
2Frenchmanioccassava, manioc
3Spanishmandiocamanioc plant
4Portuguesemandiocamanioc, cassava
5Old Tupimani'okacassava, manioc
Every word from Old Tupi mani'oka →Every word from Portuguese mandioca →Every word from Spanish mandioca →