Where does “bocachancla” come from?

bocachancla (Spanish) comes from Spanish chancla, from Spanish chanca, from Late Latin zanca, from Late Latin zancha — a kind of soft Parthian shoe.

bocachancla (Spanish): big mouth, chatterbox

Definitions

  1. big mouth, chatterbox

Ancestry of “bocachancla”, step by step

bocachancla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish chancla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchanclaslipper; flip-flop; old shoe
2Spanishchancagrinding; crushing
3Late Latinzancaa kind of soft Parthian shoe; Alternative...
4Late Latinzanchaa kind of soft Parthian shoe

via Spanish boca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbocamouth, oral cavity; entrance, opening; estuary
2Old Spanishbocamouth
3Latinbuccathe lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...
Every word from Late Latin zancha