Where does “chocolate” come from?

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

chocolate (Portuguese): chocolate

Definitions

  1. chocolate

Ancestry of “chocolate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchocolatechocolate; hot chocolate; hashish
2Classical 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)
3Nahuatlchicolātl

Words derived from “chocolate

Every word from Nahuatl chicolātlEvery word from Classical Nahuatl chocolātlEvery word from Spanish chocolate