Etymology

singkamas

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Today it means: Synonym of jicama. Full definition →

Tagalog singkamas ← Philippine Spanish síncamas ← Early Modern Spanish jícamas
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The story

  1. Classical Nahuatl · derived fromxīcama
  2. Early Modern Spanish · derived fromjícamas
  3. Philippine Spanish · derived fromsíncamas
  4. Tagalog · borrowed fromsingkamas
  5. English todaysingkamas

Borrowed from Tagalog singkamas, from Philippine Spanish síncamas, from Early Modern Spanish jícamas, plural of jícama; from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl.

Words from the same roots

Classical Nahuatlxīcama all →

jicama

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