Where does “chiche” come from?

chiche (Spanish) comes from Italian cicca, from Old French cice, from Proto-Albanian tsitsā, from Spanish chicha, from Kuna chichab — Corn.

chiche (Spanish): easy

Definitions

  1. easy

Ancestry of “chiche”, step by step

chiche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian cicca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianciccacigarette end, stub, cigar butt; fag; worthless...
2Old Frenchcice—
3Proto-Albaniantsitsā—
4Spanishchichameat; flesh; boob; chicha
5KunachichabCorn

via Nahuatl chichi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nahuatlchichisuckle
Every word from Kuna chichab →Every word from Spanish chicha →Every word from Proto-Albanian tsitsā →