Etymology

mogo

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Today it means: cassava Full definition →

Swahili muhogo ← Portuguese mandiocader.? ← Old Tupi mandi'oka
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  1. Old Tupimandi'oka
  2. Portuguesemandiocader.?
  3. Swahilimuhogo
  4. English todaymogo

Derived from Swahili muhogo, borrowed from Omani Arabic مْهوجه (mhōgo), possibly from Portuguese mandioca, borrowed from Old Tupi mandi'oka, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *maniʔok, from Proto-Tupian *mani (“cassava”) + Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔok (“tuber”).

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