Where does “cioccolatato” come from?

cioccolatato (Italian) comes from Italian cioccolato, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.

cioccolatato (Italian): having the taste or smell of chocolate

Definitions

  1. having the taste or smell of chocolate

Ancestry of “cioccolatato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancioccolatochocolate
2Spanishchocolatechocolate; hot chocolate; hashish
3Classical NahuatlchocolātlA drink with pulverized toasted cacao beans and water, described as cold and foamy. Sometimes fermented and sometimes as a thick drink. It can include a variety of additional ingredients (chili, bee honey, pochotl seeds, pulverized maize corn, vanilla seeds, and many others)
4Nahuatlchicolātl
Every word from Nahuatl chicolātl