datil
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain. Perhaps from Catalan dàtil or Spanish dátil (“date”); see quotes below.
Noun edit
datil (plural datils)
- A datil pepper, a very spicy pepper of the species Capsicum chinense.
- 1995, Jean Andrews, Peppers: The Domesticated Capsicums[1], page 127:
- The first Datil was probably brought to the United States from the West Indies during either the British period or the second Spanish occupation of East Florida (1784–1821). […] The word “Dátil” refers to the fruit of the date palm, both in Spanish and in the language of the Minorcans who named the pepper in St. Augustine.
- 2007, John Edge, Southern Belly[2], page 67:
- No one knows if the colonists brought datil peppers with them. […] More than likely the Minorcans did give the incendiary peppers their name, for the green to gold pods somewhat resemble dates, a linkage cemented by the knowledge that datil is the word for the fruit of the date palm in both the Catalan and Spanish languages.
Etymology 2 edit
From American Spanish dátil (“date”), from Catalan dàtil. Doublet of dactyl and date.
Noun edit
datil (plural datils)
- The queen palm, Syagrus romanzoffiana, or its leaf fibers used for weaving.
- Mexican yucca or its leaf fibers.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “datil”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Ladino edit
Noun edit
datil m (Latin spelling)
- date (fruit)