it is chocolate both in english and spanish, and it is schokolade in german, and the aztecs said chocolalt, so considering the different locations and eras, where does exactly that word come from?
2007-02-09 04:29:26 · 6 answers · asked by NONAME 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
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2007-02-09 04:44:06 · update #1
The word "chocolate" comes from the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs of Mexico. The word is derived from the Nahuatl word xocolatl, which is a combination of the words, xocolli, meaning "bitter", and atl, which is "water". It is associated with the Mayan god of Fertility. Mexican philologist Ignacio Davila Garibi, proposed that "Spaniards had coined the word by taking the Maya word chocol and then replacing the Maya term for water, haa, with the Aztec one, However, it is more likely that the Aztecs themselves coined the term, having long adopted into the Nahuatl the Mayan word for the "cacao" bean; the Spanish had little contact with the Mayans before Cortés's early reports to the Spanish King of the beverage known as xocolatl
2007-02-09 04:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The word "chocolate" is said to come from the Mayan "xocoatl"; cocoa from the Aztec "cacahuatl." The Mexican Indian word "chocolate" comes from a combination of the terms choco ("foam") and atl ("water"); early chocolate was consumed as a drink.
2007-02-09 04:36:58 · answer #2 · answered by solstice 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jazz Funky is right -- it's from Nahuatl. But the "choke a lot" answer made me laugh out loud.
2007-02-09 16:17:03 · answer #3 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chocolate
2007-02-09 04:33:01 · answer #4 · answered by supersonic332003 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its from CHOCOLAT from French Language which is pronounced like -SHOKOLAH
2007-02-13 02:32:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
unsweatend chocolate will make U
__________-choke a lot !!!!!!!
2007-02-09 04:41:10 · answer #6 · answered by martinmm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋