Etymograph

English

chamoy

Chamoy comes from Spanish chamoy ‘a type of sauce from Mexico made from pickled…’.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentchamoy1‘a type of sauce from Mexico made from pickled fruit, chili and other ingredients’
  2. Englishtodaychamoy1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English chamoy

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentchamoyWiktionary, English chamoy‘a type of sauce from Mexico made from pickled fruit, chili and other ingredients’
  2. EnglishtodaychamoyWiktionary, English chamoy

Every English word from Spanish chamoy

Today it means

noun A type of sauce from Mexico made from pickled fruit, chili and other ingredients

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “chamoy”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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