Where does “chocolicious” come from?
chocolicious (English) comes from English delicious, from Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, from Latin dēliciōsus, from Latin dēliciae, from Latin dēliciō, from Latin dē- — afterwards, post; by, at.
chocolicious (English): Delicious and chocolaty
Definitions
- Delicious and chocolaty
Ancestry of “chocolicious”, step by step
chocolicious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English delicious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | delicious | Pleasing to taste; tasty; Metaphorically pleasing... |
| 2 | Middle English | delicious | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | delicious | delicious; tasty; noble; courtly; courteous |
| 4 | Old French | delicious | delicious; tasty; noble; courtly; courteous |
| 5 | Latin | dēliciōsus | delicious |
| 6 | Latin | dēliciae | delight, pleasure |
| 7 | Latin | dēliciō | — |
| 8 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 9 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 10 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 11 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via English chocolate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chocolate | A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans; A... |
| 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 | — |