Where does “Chili” come from?

Chili comes from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli, a word for the pungent pepper plant and its fruit.

Chili (English): The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of...

Definitions

  1. The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of...

Ancestry of “Chili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchilechili, chilli, chile; penis
2Quechuachiricold; frost, cold; a "cold" temperature or...
3Mapudungunchilliwhere the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus

Words derived from “Chili

Every word from Mapudungun chilli