Where does “Chili” come from?

Chili (Dutch) comes from Spanish Chile, from Quechua chiri, from Mapudungun chilli — where the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus.

Chili (Dutch): chili pepper

Definitions

  1. chili pepper

Ancestry of “Chili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishChilea chili pepper
2Quechuachiricold; frost, cold; a "cold" temperature or...
3Mapudungunchilliwhere the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus
Every word from Mapudungun chilli →Every word from Quechua chiri →Every word from Spanish Chile →