Etymology of the English word chilipepper
the English word
chilipepperderived from the English word
chiliderived from the Spanish word
chilederived from the Nahuatl word
chilliderived from the Aztec word
chilliderived from the English word
pepperderived from the Classical Latin word
piper (pepper)
derived from the Greek word
peperi, πέπερι
derived from the Sanskrit word
pippalī (long pepper)
Usage
Word found in Modern English