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
- The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of...
Ancestry of “chili”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | chile | chili, chilli, chile; penis |
| 2 | Quechua | chiri | cold; frost, cold; a "cold" temperature or... |
| 3 | Mapudungun | chilli | where the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus |
Words derived from “chili”