Where does “chaklit losaꞌ” come from?
chaklit losaꞌ (Chickasaw) comes from Chickasaw chaklit, from English chocolate, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.
chaklit losaꞌ (Chickasaw): dark chocolate
Definitions
- dark chocolate
Ancestry of “chaklit losaꞌ”, step by step
chaklit losaꞌ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Chickasaw chaklit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chickasaw | chaklit | chocolate |
| 2 | English | chocolate | A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans; A... |
| 3 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 4 | Classical Nahuatl | chocolātl | A drink with pulverized toasted cacao beans and water, described as cold and foamy. Sometimes fermented and sometimes as a thick drink. It can include a variety of additional ingredients (chili, bee honey, pochotl seeds, pulverized maize corn, vanilla seeds, and many others) |
| 5 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |
via Chickasaw losa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chickasaw | losa | black; to be black |