It's also been suggested that the word comes from the Nahuatl "cacahuatl" ("cacao water"), with the Spanish opting to replace the "caca" with "chocol," the Mayan word for "hot," due to the ...
The pre-Columbian Aztecs of Mexico made xocolatl (xoco means bitter and atl means water) from the cacahuatl. The Spanish conquistadors in Mexico, circa 1520, were the first Europeans to be introduced ...