Etymology

cashew

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Today it means: Any tree of the genus Anacardium. Full definition →

French acajou ← Old Tupi akaîu
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The story

  1. Old Tupi · derived fromakaîu
  2. French · borrowed fromacajou
  3. English todaycashew

Reanalysis of French acajou as a + cajou, from Old Tupi akaîu. Doublet of acajou.

Words from the same roots

Frenchacajou all →

acajou

Old Tupiakaîu all →

acajou

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