A historical form of currency or trade good in some Mediterranean cultures, or an informal term for coconut in some languages.
Possibly from Italian or Spanish, with unclear origin; in some contexts from Portuguese 'coco' (coconut), which came from Malay 'kokok'.
The word has different meanings in different languages and histories, showing how a single word can travel along trade routes and pick up completely different meanings as merchants moved goods across the Mediterranean.
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