Where does “chili” come from?
chili (Finnish) comes from English Chili, from Spanish chile, from Quechua chiri, from Mapudungun chilli — where the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus.
chili (Finnish): chili
Definitions
- chili
Ancestry of “chili”, step by step
| 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 |