Where does “chiclette” come from?

chiclette (French) comes from Spanish chicle, from Nahuatl tzictli.

chiclette (French): chewing gum

Definitions

  1. chewing gum

Ancestry of “chiclette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchiclechewing gum; chicle
2Nahuatltzictli—
Every word from Nahuatl tzictli →Every word from Spanish chicle →