Where does “chokladfontän” come from?
chokladfontän (Swedish) comes from Swedish choklad, from French chocolat, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.
chokladfontän (Swedish): a chocolate fountain
Definitions
- a chocolate fountain
Ancestry of “chokladfontän”, step by step
chokladfontän traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish choklad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | choklad | chocolate |
| 2 | French | chocolat | chocolate; chocolate-coloured; deceived; tricked;... |
| 3 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 4 | Classical Nahuatl | chocolātl | A drink with pulverized toasted cacao beans and water, described as cold and foamy. Sometimes fermented and sometimes as a thick drink. It can include a variety of additional ingredients (chili, bee honey, pochotl seeds, pulverized maize corn, vanilla seeds, and many others) |
| 5 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |
via Swedish fontän
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fontän | a fountain |