Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
tabasco
noun · first attested 19th century
The sauce is named for a Mexican state.
A hot sauce, or the chili variety associated with it.
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- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Tabasco
- In English
tabasco
The pepper and the famous sauce take their English name from Tabasco, a state on the Gulf of Mexico. The place-name traveled farther than the chili’s original growing region.
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