What Ceviche means
Ceviche is a Mexican main dish name of Spanish origin meaning "fish cured in citrus". It comes from Spanish ceviche (source disputed). It is pronounced seh-BEE-cheh, and it is most associated with Sinaloa.
Etymology disputed: proposals include Arabic sikbāj, a vinegar stew, Latin cibus, food, and Quechua siwichi. Mexican Pacific versions chop the fish far finer than Peruvian ones.
About this origin. The etymology is uncertain, disputed, or the name is a modern brand rather than an old word. The reading above is the best-supported one; food writing repeats stories that the dictionaries do not confirm.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: The plated dishes, most named for a cooking method or a place. Cochinita pibil is pork cooked in a píib, the Maya earth oven. Barbacoa gave English the word barbecue. Chiles en nogada is named for the walnut sauce that covers it.
