Where does “xoriço” come from?

xoriço (Catalan) comes from Spanish chorizo, from Spanish chori, from Caló chori, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭, from Sanskrit चोर, from Sanskrit चुर् — to steal; to rob; to cause to disappear.

xoriço (Catalan): chorizo

Definitions

  1. chorizo

Ancestry of “xoriço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchorizoa type of sausage; a foolish person; a penis
2Spanishchoripetty thief
3Calóchorithief
4Sauraseni Prakrit𑀘𑁄𑀭thief
5Sanskritचोरthief, robber
6Sanskritचुर्to steal; to rob; to cause to disappear
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