Chiclet
/ˈʃɪk.lət/noun
A small piece of chewing gum, especially a small rectangular pellet.
Did you know?Chiclet is a trademarked name built from *chicle*, the natural latex harvested from sapodilla trees, and it helped turn a Mesoamerican tree resin into a global chewing-gum obsession.
Etymological Timeline
Nahua (pre-Columbian)
Nahuatl
tzictli
“Chewing gum or sticky chewing resin”
16th Century
Spanish
chicle
“Natural gum or latex from the sapodilla tree”
Late 19th Century
English
chicle
“The natural gum base used in chewing gum”
Early 20th Century
English
Chiclet
“A branded small pellet of chewing gum”