The story
- Kari'na · derived fromyuca“cassava”
- Spanish · borrowed fromyuca
- English todayyuca
Via Spanish yuca (also historically juca), frequently said to be of Taíno origin. While the word is almost certainly from an indigenous American language, the source is not known. Perhaps from Kari'na yuca (“cassava”) , but this appears to be a ghost word. Doublet of yucca.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.