oce 🐆@jlai.lu to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL the words chocolate, cacao, avocado and chili come from the Nahuatl language (Aztec)en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down11
arrow-up1212arrow-down1external-linkTIL the words chocolate, cacao, avocado and chili come from the Nahuatl language (Aztec)en.m.wikipedia.orgoce 🐆@jlai.lu to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squareHegar@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoYeah I’d heard that there’s a chance the spanish felt they needed a new word for it because the ‘caca’ is not an appealing sound for a drink in many indo-european languages.
Yeah I’d heard that there’s a chance the spanish felt they needed a new word for it because the ‘caca’ is not an appealing sound for a drink in many indo-european languages.