chia

chia · noun¹

1. Classical Nahuatl · derived fromchiyan“seed of the chia plant”
2. Spanish · borrowed fromchía
3. English todaychia

Borrowed from Spanish chía, from Classical Nahuatl chiyan (“seed of the chia plant”).

Chia · proper noun²

Borrowed from Mandarin 賈／贾 (jiǎ), 郟／郏 (jiá), 甲 (jiǎ), and 家 (jiā).

Chia · proper noun³

1. Teochew · borrowed from謝 /谢
2. Hokkien · borrowed from謝 /谢
3. English todayChia

Borrowed from either Hokkien 謝 /谢 (Chiā) or Teochew 謝 /谢 (zia⁷).

Words from the same roots