*SET-U

MULTI-WORD EVIDENCE LAB

PAIRWISE LAB ↗
THE QUESTION THE GRAPH WAS BUILT TO ANSWER2–8 WORDS

CONNECT
THE WHOLE
FAMILY.

Ask how several words are related. *SET-U computes pairwise shortest paths, then builds a compact spanning forest from cited lexical edges. A shared person or text may bridge islands, but it is never mislabeled as ancestry.

2WORDS

Reviewed dossiers resolved from the request.

2NODES

Distinct forms in the spanning evidence network.

1EDGES

Distinct cited lexical relationships used.

1SOURCES

Distinct bibliographic records supporting this view.

ONE REVIEWED NETWORK1 lexical branches · 0 context bridges
aguacateavocado
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THE SPANNING EVIDENCE FOREST

1 BRANCHES CONNECT THE RESOLVED WORDS

01
REVIEWED LEXICAL PATH

aguacate ↔ avocado

1 EDGE
01
Spanish · Spanish

aguacate

avocado fruit or tree

attested
borrowing

The fruit and tree senses continued into English.

SOUND + EVIDENCE

English avocado reshaped Spanish aguacate, changing both consonants and the ending in the adopted form.

Merriam-Webster Editors · establishedAvocado — Word History · Word History — Etymology; First Known Use ↗OPEN EDGE 320 ↗
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WHAT THIS VIEW PROVES

COMPACT DOES NOT MEAN CERTAIN

01PAIRWISE SEARCH

Every resolved pair is searched through the undirected reviewed graph, bounded at 12 edges.

02LEXICAL FIRST

Cited ancestry, borrowing, derivation, and semantic continuation paths are preferred over historical-context bridges.

03SPANNING FOREST

The shortest available pair paths are greedily selected until each connectable word belongs to one network.

04NO STEINER CLAIM

This is a compact evidence view, not a claim that scholarship has one uniquely minimal family tree.