Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorycassava · cassava root
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.
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