Where does “coklat” come from?

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

coklat (Chinese): chocolate

Definitions

  1. chocolate

Ancestry of “coklat”, 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 chicolātl →Every word from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl →Every word from Spanish chocolate →