Etymology

rocoto

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Today it means: A kind of chili pepper of the species Capsicum pubescens grown in Peru and Bolivia. Full definition →

Spanish rocoto ← Quechua ruqutu
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The story

  1. Quechua · derived fromruqutu
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromrocoto
  3. English todayrocoto

Borrowed from Spanish rocoto, from Quechua ruqutu.

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