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chocolate

Betekenis (Engels)

Sinonieme

deep brown

chocolate-coloured

drinking chocolate

chocolate-colored

piece confectionery

chocolate-brown

dark brown

chocolate colour

to drink chocolate

Frekwensie

B1
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃɒk(ə)lɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Etymology tree Classical Nahuatl chocolatlbor. Spanish chocolatebor. English chocolate Via Spanish chocolate from a Nahuatl word, widely given as chocolātl (with the second element being a reflex of Classical Nahuatl ātl (“water”)), although such a word does not appear in Nahuatl until the mid-18th century according to Karttunen. Dakin and Wichmann propose chicolātl as the original form (saying it survives in several modern Nahuatl dialects) and say the chicol- element refers to a special wooden stick used to prepare chocolate. Another theory is that the prefix came from Yucatec Maya chocol (“hot”).

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