## Meanings
1. A hot drink made with milk or water, cocoa powder, and sugar.
2. A brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used to make chocolate and in cooking.
3. A light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.

## Examples
- On cold evenings she loves a warm cup of cocoa.
- The recipe calls for two tablespoons of cocoa.
- She painted the walls a warm cocoa.

## Derived Forms
- cocoa-payol
- cocoalike
- noncocoa

## Related Forms
- cacao

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cacao
- Root: cacahuatl

## Etymology
From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. The form cocoa came about by confusion with coco, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language. Doublet of cacao.

## AI Etymology
cocoa is a noun and adjective. It is from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. The form cocoa came about by confusion with coco, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language. Doublet of cacao. Historical forms in the chain include cacao (Spanish) and cacahuatl (nci). Current senses include a hot drink made with milk or water, cocoa powder, and sugar, a brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used to make chocolate and in cooking, and a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder. Derived forms include cocoa-payol, cocoalike, and noncocoa. Related words include cacao.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Materials & Substances

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