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 chicolātlEvery word from Classical Nahuatl chocolātlEvery word from Spanish chocolate