English
rocoto
Rocoto comes from Spanish rocoto, and goes back to Quechua ruqutu ‘rocoto,’.
- Quechuamodernruqutu‘rocoto,’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentrocoto
- Englishtodayrocoto
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Quechuamodernruqutu‘rocoto,’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentrocoto
- Englishtodayrocoto
Every English word from Quechua ruqutu
Today it means
noun A kind of chili pepper of the species Capsicum pubescens grown in Peru and Bolivia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Quechua ruqutu / rocoto