Etymology

chimichurri

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Today it means: A sauce and marinade for grilled meat originally from Argentina, made from chopped parsley or cilantro, garlic, salt, pepper, onion, and paprika with olive oil. Full definition →

Spanish chimichurri ← Basque tximitxurri
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The story

  1. Basque · derived fromtximitxurri
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromchimichurri
  3. English todaychimichurri

Borrowed from Spanish chimichurri, from Basque tximitxurri (literally “a mixture of several things in no particular order”), from Basque immigrants to Argentina and Uruguay in the 19th century. Many folk etymologies also exist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.