Where does “kẹo sô-cô-la” come from?

kẹo sô-cô-la (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sô-cô-la, from French chocolat, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.

kẹo sô-cô-la (Vietnamese): chocolate

Definitions

  1. chocolate

Ancestry of “kẹo sô-cô-la”, step by step

kẹo sô-cô-la traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sô-cô-la

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesô-cô-lachocolate
2Frenchchocolatchocolate; chocolate-coloured; deceived; tricked;...
3Spanishchocolatechocolate; hot chocolate; hashish
4Classical NahuatlchocolātlA 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)
5Nahuatlchicolātl

via Vietnamese kéo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekéoto pull; scissors
2EnglishJoeA male; a guy; a fellow
3EnglishjosephA woman's riding habit worn in the 18th century...
4Hebrewיוֹסֵףshall add
Every word from Nahuatl chicolātlEvery word from Classical Nahuatl chocolātlEvery word from Spanish chocolate