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Where does “芝居力” come from?

芝居力 (Chinese) comes from Malay coklat, from English chocolate, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.

芝居力 (Chinese): chocolate

Definitions

  1. chocolate

Ancestry of “芝居力”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycoklatchocolate; Nonstandard form of cokelat
2EnglishchocolateA food made from ground roasted cocoa beans; A...
3Spanishchocolatechocolate; hot chocolate; hashish
4Classical Nahuatlchocolātl—
5Nahuatlchicolātl—
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