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"Cocoa" is an example of a loanword-that is, a word that originated in one language and was later adopted by another. The word came to English indirectly from cacao, the Spanish word for the plant that chocolate is made from. Spanish had borrowed it from Nahuatl, an Indigenous language of Central Mexico, in which the word's original form is cacahuatl. "Maize" is also Indigenous in origin and entered English through Spanish. But in this case, the original source was Taíno, a language of the Caribbean islands, in which the word for the corn plant is mahis.
The author makes which point about the Spanish language?
It adopted Nahuatl and Taíno words in approximately equal numbers.
A
It has served as a medium through which Indigenous languages have influenced English.
B
Its contribution to English vocabulary roughly equals the collective contribution by Indigenous languages.
C
It has borrowed words from Indigenous languages and contributed words to them.
D