Etymograph

English

chamoyada

Chamoyada comes from Spanish chamoyada ‘a type of spicy shaved ice made with chamoy’, and goes back to chamoy.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentchamoy1‘a type of sauce from Mexico made from pickled fruit, chili and other ingredients’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentchamoyada2‘a type of spicy shaved ice made with chamoy’
  3. Englishtodaychamoyada2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Spanish chamoyada
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English chamoyada

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentchamoyWiktionary, Spanish chamoyada‘a type of sauce from Mexico made from pickled fruit, chili and other ingredients’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentchamoyadaWiktionary, English chamoyada‘a type of spicy shaved ice made with chamoy’
  3. EnglishtodaychamoyadaWiktionary, English chamoyada

Every English word from Spanish chamoy

Today it means

noun A sweet and spicy type of shaved ice drink prepared with fruit and flavored with chamoy.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “chamoyada”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Spanish chamoyada. 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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