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Where does “aguachile” come from?

aguachile (Spanish) comes from Spanish agua, from Old Spanish agua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — water, flowing water.

aguachile (Spanish): A watery chili-based broth from Mexico

Definitions

  1. A watery chili-based broth from Mexico

Ancestry of “aguachile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishaguawater; body of water; rain
2Old Spanishaguawater
3Latinaquawater
4Proto-Italicakʷāwater
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water
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