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Where does “chiche” come from?

chiche (French) comes from Old French cice, from Proto-Albanian tsitsā, from Spanish chicha, from Kuna chichab — Corn.

chiche (French): mean, stingy; scanty, meagre, stingy; able,...

Definitions

  1. mean, stingy; scanty, meagre, stingy; able,...

Ancestry of “chiche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcice—
2Proto-Albaniantsitsā—
3Spanishchichameat; flesh; boob; chicha
4KunachichabCorn

Words derived from “chiche”

  • chickpea
  • chich
  • chichling
  • pois chiche
  • chichement
  • poichichade
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