2322: coconut Apr 27, 2021

Coconuts have nothing to do with not cocoa etymologically*, but does have to do with skulls. In Spanish and Portuguese, 'coco' means 'grinning face', 'grimacing face', or alternatively 'skull'. This is in reference to the three depressions on the outside of a coconut which were said to resemble the face of a person.

* 'Cocoa' was originally 'cacao' but the spelling was influenced from 'coco-'.