Where does “soklet” come from?
soklet (Tok Pisin) comes from English chocolate, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.
soklet (Tok Pisin): chocolate
Definitions
- chocolate
Ancestry of “soklet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chocolate | A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans; A... |
| 2 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 3 | 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) |
| 4 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |