cacahuatl

Updated: May 8, 2025

Ocelotl is ocelot; Tomatl is tomata; Chilli is the Spanish chile and our chili; Cacahuatl is cacao or cocoa; and Chocolatl, the beverage made from the cacao-bean with a mixture of vanilla, is our chocolate. Cacao-beans were used by the Mexicans as money.

Edward Burnett Tylor - Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern