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 NahuatlchocolātlA 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)
5Nahuatlchicolātl
Every word from Nahuatl chicolātlEvery word from Classical Nahuatl chocolātlEvery word from Spanish chocolate
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