"Chili" is an Aztecan loanword in English: "1660s, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) chilli, native name for the peppers." "Chipotle" too: "ultimately a Nahuatl (Aztecan) word, said to be a compound of chilli 'chili pepper' + poctli 'smoke.'"
"Chili" is an Aztecan loanword in English: "1660s, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) chilli, native name for the peppers." "Chipotle" too: "ultimately a Nahuatl (Aztecan) word, said to be a compound of chilli 'chili pepper' + poctli 'smoke.'"