Etymology

lichi

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Spanish lichi ← Hokkien 荔枝
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The story

  1. Hokkien · derived from荔枝
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromlichi
  3. English todaylichi

Borrowed from Spanish lichi, from Hokkien 荔枝 (lē-chi).

Words from the same roots

Hokkien荔枝 all →

lychee

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.