English
ancho
Ancho comes from Spanish (chile) ancho ‘poblano pepper’, from ancho ‘wide’, and ultimately from Latin amplus ‘large, spacious, roomy’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplus‘large, spacious, roomy’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentancho‘wide’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–present(chile) ancho‘poblano pepper’literally ‘wide chile’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009ancho
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplus‘large, spacious, roomy’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentancho‘wide’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–present(chile) ancho‘poblano pepper’literally ‘wide chile’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009ancho
Earliest quotation: 2009, Fire-roasted hot chili: “Add stock, tomato sauce, beans, roasted red pepper, garlic,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
people, public, complete, popular, plus, supply, poll, completion, folk, implement, accomplish, comply, supplement, complement, manipulation, plural, depletion, plethora, replete, puri, deplete, plebs, volk, plebeian, 74 more
through Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós ‘full’
through Latin plēnus ‘full’
plenty, plain, plenary, replenish, plenum, 14 more
through Latin amplus ‘large, spacious, roomy’
Today it means
noun A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin amplus / ancho