Etymology

chico

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Today it means: A Latin-American boy; a Latino. Full definition →

Spanish chico ← Latin cīccum
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chico · noun1

  1. Latincīccum
  2. Spanishchico
  3. English todaychico

Borrowed from Spanish chico.

chico · noun2

  1. Nahuatl · derived fromxicotzapotl
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromchicozapote
  3. English todaychico

Borrowed from Spanish chicozapote (through a regional abbreviation), from Nahuatl xicotzapotl. Cognate of chicle.

chico · noun3

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromchoclo
  2. English todaychico

Perhaps from Spanish choclo, influenced by chico.

Words from the same roots

Spanishchicozapote all →

chicozapote

Spanishchoclo all →

Choclo virus

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