Where does “chili parlor” come from?
chili parlor (English) comes from English parlor, from English parlour, from Old French parleor, from Old French parler, from Latin parabolō, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή, from Ancient Greek παραβάλλω — horse.
chili parlor (English): A diner or restaurant featuring dishes like chili con carne, either as a house specialty or a selection of various different recipes
Definitions
- A diner or restaurant featuring dishes like chili con carne, either as a house specialty or a selection of various different recipes
Ancestry of “chili parlor”, step by step
chili parlor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English parlor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parlor | The living room of a house, or a room for... |
| 2 | English | parlour | Britain standard spelling of parlor |
| 3 | Old French | parleor | — |
| 4 | Old French | parler | to speak; to talk |
| 5 | Latin | parabolō | to make clear by metaphors |
| 6 | Latin | parabola | A comparison, illustration, likeness; An... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παραβολή | a placing of two things side by side,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παραβάλλω | to compare; to set side by side; I set side by... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πᾰρᾰ- | near; next to; by, near |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 11 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 12 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 13 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |
via English Chili
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Chili | The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking |
| 2 | Spanish | chile | chili, chilli, chile; penis |
| 3 | Quechua | chiri | cold; frost, cold; a "cold" temperature or... |
| 4 | Mapudungun | chilli | where the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus |