English

Noun

chiltoma ‎(plural chiltomas)

1. Any sweet pepper.

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from Nahuatl chiltotl, chīltōtōtl ‎(“brightly-coloured bird”), from chīlli + tōtōtl; compare chiltic, chīchīltic ‎(“the colour red”).

Alternatively, perhaps from chilli ‎(“chili, pepper”) + tomatl ‎(“tomatillo”).^[1]

Noun

chiltoma f ‎(plural chiltomas)

1. (Nicaragua) sweet pepper

References

1. ↑ William Woys Weaver, 100 Vegetables and Where They Came From (2000, ISBN 1565122380), page 48: The word chiltoma (pronounced cheel-TOE-ma) is a term of Nahuatl origin that combines two separate words into one: chil (pepper) and tomatl (tomatillo).