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Where does “cioccolato” come from?

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

cioccolato (Italian): chocolate

Definitions

  1. chocolate

Ancestry of “cioccolato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchocolatechocolate; hot chocolate; hashish
2Classical Nahuatlchocolātl—
3Nahuatlchicolātl—

Words derived from “cioccolato”

  • cioccolatiera
  • cioccolataio
  • cioccolata
  • cioccolatiere
  • čokoláda
  • čokoládový
  • çikolatacı
  • çikolatacılık
  • çikolatalı
  • çikolata
  • ciocolată
  • čokoláda
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