Where does “chocolade-eclair” come from?
chocolade-eclair (Dutch) comes from English éclair, from French éclair, from French éclairer, from Old French esclairer, from Vulgar Latin exclario, from Latin exclaro, from Latin ex-, from Latin e.
chocolade-eclair (Dutch): chocolate éclair
Definitions
- chocolate éclair
Ancestry of “chocolade-eclair”, step by step
chocolade-eclair traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English éclair
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | éclair | A small chocolate-covered creme-filled pastry... |
| 2 | French | éclair | lightning; flash; sparkle |
| 3 | French | éclairer | to light up; to brighten; to shed light on; to... |
| 4 | Old French | esclairer | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | exclario | — |
| 6 | Latin | exclaro | — |
| 7 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 8 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 9 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
via Dutch chocolade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | chocolade | chocolate |
| 2 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 3 | Classical Nahuatl | chocolātl | A 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) |
| 4 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |