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Stage 1 of 3
typyoca
Tupi-Guarani · pre-1500s
"starch sediment from cassava"
referring to the starchy sediment squeezed from cassava root
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Stage 2 of 3
tapioca
Portuguese · 1600s
"cassava starch"
adopted from Tupi via Portuguese colonial contact
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Stage 3 of 3
tapioca
English · 1700s
"a starch extracted from cassava root"
borrowed directly from Portuguese
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