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liuzhou

liuzhou

On 1/6/2024 at 7:49 AM, dtremit said:


I'm a bit suspicious of this etymology for the "chile" spelling

 

 

I'm sorry, but it is well-documented. Physician and naturalist, Jacobus Bontius (Jacob de Bondt, 1598–1631) is recorded as writing it in the last year of his life wen he erroneously stated that the name was from Chile in S. America ‘quasi dicas piper a Chile’. Chili or chilli comes from the native Nahuatl language and was first translitered as chīlli. The Spanish later dropped the double 'l'. English retained it.

 

liuzhou

liuzhou

2 hours ago, dtremit said:


I'm a bit suspicious of this etymology for the "chile" spelling

 

 

I'm sorry, but it is well-documented. Physician and naturalist, Jacobus Bontius (Jacob de Bondt, 1598–1631) is recorded as writing it in the last year of his life wen he erroneously stated that the name was from Chile in S. America ‘quasi dicas piper a Chile’. Chili or chilli comes from the native Nahuatl language a'nd was first translitered as chīlli. The Spanish later deropped the double 'l'. English retained it.

 

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