Etymology

cacao

ca·cao
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Today it means: A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate. Full definition →

Spanish cacao ← Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl
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The story

  1. Classical Nahuatl · derived fromcacahuatl
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromcacao
  3. English todaycacao

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. Doublet of cocoa.

Words from the same roots

Spanishcacao all →

cocoa

Classical Nahuatlcacahuatl all →

cocoa

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