Etymology

pachamanca

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Today it means: An underground pit lined with hot stones and used for traditional Peruvian cooking. Full definition →

Spanish pachamanca ← Aymara pacha
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The story

  1. Aymara · derived frompacha“earth”
  2. Spanish · borrowed frompachamanca
  3. English todaypachamanca

From Spanish pachamanca, from Aymara pacha (“earth”) + manq'a (“food”).

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