The story
- Hokkien · derived from土庫 /土库“private storehouse”
- Malay · derived fromtoko“shop”
- Dutch · borrowed fromtoko“Southeast Asian grocery store”
- English todaytoko
From Dutch toko (“Southeast Asian grocery store”), from Malay toko (“shop”), from Hokkien 土庫 /土库 (thó͘-khò͘, “private storehouse”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.