The Etymology of Chocolate

Last week I bought a lot of chocolate.

However, since I didn't know where the word 'chocolate' came from, today I searched the etymology on the Internet.

First, the word 'chocolate' comes from Spanish.

The Spanish word 'chocolate' comes from a Nahuatl word 'xocolatl'.

Here, 'xocoli' means 'bitter' and 'atl' means 'water'.

Since the sound 'xo' didn't exist in Spanish, it has come to be 'cho'.

Originally, chocolate was treated as a medical drink among native Mexicans, and it was neither solid nor sweet.

It has spread to all over the world, continuously improved, then chocolate has become the feature like today.

チョコレートの語源

先週、私は大量のチョコレートを買いました。

しかし、チョコレートという言葉がどこから来ているか理解していなかったので、今日はその語源をインターネットで調べました。

まず、日本語のチョコレート（および英語の chocolate）は、スペイン語の chocolate (チョコラテ) から来ています。

スペイン語の chocolate は、ナワトル語の xocolatl (ショコラトール) から来ており、xocolli は「苦い」を、atl は「水」を意味します。

スペイン語には xo (ショ) の音がなかったため、cho (チョ) となりました。

もともとはメキシコ原住民の間で薬用飲料として飲まれており、固形でもなく、甘くもありませんでした。

これが世界に広がり、改良が重ねられ、現在にようになったとされています。

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• Last week I bought a lot of chocolate.
• Last week, I bought a lot of chocolate.

• However, since I didn't know where the word 'chocolate' came from, today I searched the etymology on the Internet.
• However, since I didn't know where the word 'chocolate' came from, I searched its etymology on the Internet.

• First, the word 'chocolate' comes from Spanish.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• The Spanish word 'chocolate' comes from a Nahuatl word 'xocolatl'.
• The Spanish word 'chocolate' comes from the Nahuatl word 'xocolatl'.

• Here, 'xocoli' means 'bitter' and 'atl' means 'water'.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• Since the sound 'xo' didn't exist in Spanish, it has come to be 'cho'.
• Since the sound 'xo' didn't exist in Spanish, it became 'cho'.

• Originally, chocolate was treated as a medical drink among native Mexicans, and it was neither solid nor sweet.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• It has spread to all over the world, continuously improved, then chocolate has become the feature like today.
• Over time, it spread to all over the world, continuously improved, and has become what it is known today.

Good overall!

• The Etymology of Chocolate
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• First, the word 'chocolate' comes from Spanish.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• Here, 'xocoli' means 'bitter' and 'atl' means 'water'.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• Originally, chocolate was treated as a medical drink among native Mexicans, and it was neither solid nor sweet.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

> Originally, chocolate was treated as a medical drink among native Mexicans, and it was neither solid nor sweet.

People forget that originally cocoa was looked at by the natives as a stimulant, not unlike the way we today look at coffee.