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tapioca

Meaningdregs, squeezed-out juice

Common meaning: starch grains from the cassava root

Journey through time

  1. Brazilian (Tupi)tipiokasource
  2. Early English spellingtapiocasource
  3. Englishtapioca‘starch grains from the cassava root’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Brazilian (Tupi) tipioka ‘dregs, squeezed-out juice’.

Roots

  • tipioka Brazilian (Tupi) “dregs, squeezed-out juice”

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