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Where does “chocolates” come from?

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

chocolates (Portuguese): plural of chocolate

Definitions

  1. plural of chocolate

Ancestry of “chocolates”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesechocolatechocolate
2Spanishchocolatechocolate; hot chocolate; hashish
3Classical Nahuatlchocolātl—
4Nahuatlchicolātl—
Every word from Nahuatl chicolātl →