Where does “chili” come from?

chili (Spanish) comes from Classical Nahuatl chīlli — chili; chili pepper; pepper.

chili (Spanish): chili, chili con carne

Definitions

  1. chili, chili con carne

Ancestry of “chili”, step by step

chili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Nahuatl chīlli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlchīllichili; chili pepper; pepper

via Nahuatl chīlli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nahuatlchīlli—

Words derived from “chili”

Every word from Classical Nahuatl chīlli →