Where does “chili” come from?

chili (Dutch) comes from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli — chili; chili pepper; pepper.

chili (Dutch): chili pepper

Definitions

  1. chili pepper

Ancestry of “chili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchilichili, chili con carne
2Classical Nahuatlchīllichili; chili pepper; pepper

Words derived from “chili”

Every word from Classical Nahuatl chīlli →Every word from Spanish chili →