Etymology

kokosh cake

Today it means: Yeast cake of a particular kind, formed by rolling dough about a cocoa-based filling. Full definition →

Hungarian kakaós
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  1. Hungarian · derived fromkakaós“cocoa”
  2. English todaykokosh cake

Hobson-Jobson of Hungarian kakaós (“cocoa”, adjective) + cake.

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