Where does “Chili” come from?
Chili (Dutch) comes from Spanish Chile, from Quechua chiri, from Mapudungun chilli — where the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus.
Ancestry of “Chili”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Chile | Chile |
| 2 | Quechua | chiri | cold; frost, cold; a "cold" temperature or... |
| 3 | Mapudungun | chilli | where the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus |