Etymology

coca

co·ca
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Today it means: Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. Full definition →

Spanish coca ← Aymara kuka ← Quechua kuka
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coca · noun1

  1. Quechuakuka
  2. Aymarakuka
  3. Spanishcoca
  4. English todaycoca

Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara.

coca · noun2

  1. Catalan · borrowed fromcoca
  2. English todaycoca

Borrowed from Catalan coca. Doublet of cake.

Words from the same roots

Quechuakuka all →

cocaine

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