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
Ancestry of “pois chiche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | chiche | mean, stingy; scanty, meagre, stingy; able,... |
| 2 | Old French | cice | — |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | tsitsā | — |
| 4 | Spanish | chicha | meat; flesh; boob; chicha |
| 5 | Kuna | chichab | Corn |
Words derived from “pois chiche”