Where does “cili” come from?

cili (Indonesian) comes from Dutch chili, from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli — chili; chili pepper; pepper.

cili (Indonesian): chili pepper: any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which has a spicy/burning flavour because it contains capsaicin

Definitions

  1. chili pepper: any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which has a spicy/burning flavour because it contains capsaicin

Ancestry of “cili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchchilichili pepper
2Spanishchilichili, chili con carne
3Classical Nahuatlchīllichili; chili pepper; pepper
Every word from Classical Nahuatl chīlli →Every word from Spanish chili →Every word from Dutch chili →