Where does “ciocolată” come from?

ciocolată (Romanian) comes from Italian cioccolata, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.

ciocolată (Romanian): chocolate

Definitions

  1. chocolate

Ancestry of “ciocolată”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliancioccolataAlternative form of cioccolato; hot chocolate
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—

Words derived from “ciocolată”

Every word from Nahuatl chicolātl →Every word from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl →Every word from Spanish chocolate →