Etymology Explorer › Quechua

Where does “chili” come from?

chili (Quechua) comes from Mapudungun chilli — where the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus.

chili (Quechua): the end of the world

Definitions

  1. the end of the world

Ancestry of “chili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mapudungunchilliwhere the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus

Words derived from “chili”

  • Chile
  • chileno
  • chilenismo
  • Chili
  • Sile
  • Chi-lê
  • Tsile
  • Kili
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