Where does “chips” come from?
chips (Spanish) comes from Spanish chip, from English Chip, from Middle English chip, from Old English ċipp, from Old English ċippian, from Proto-Germanic kipp-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
chips (Spanish): plural of chip
Ancestry of “chips”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | chip | chip |
| 2 | English | Chip | — |
| 3 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 4 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 5 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |