Where does “pois chiche” come from?

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

pois chiche (French): chick pea

Definitions

  1. chick pea

Ancestry of “pois chiche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchichemean, stingy; scanty, meagre, stingy; able,...
2Old Frenchcice—
3Proto-Albaniantsitsā—
4Spanishchichameat; flesh; boob; chicha
5KunachichabCorn

Words derived from “pois chiche”

Every word from Kuna chichab →Every word from Spanish chicha →Every word from Proto-Albanian tsitsā →