Spanish aguacate adapted Nahuatl āhuacatl to Spanish phonology and spelling.
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aguacate
avocado fruit or tree
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedClassical Nahuatl · Classical Nahuatl · fruit testicle polysemyāhuacatl
avocado; testicle
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The avocado sense was carried into Spanish, while the source word’s testicle sense did not become the ordinary Spanish fruit meaning.
Colonial-era transfer into Spanish; no invented exact year.
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established — Both dictionaries explicitly give Nahuatl āhuacatl or ahuacatl and document its avocado and testicle senses.
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Avocado — Word HistoryWord History — Etymology
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Gives Spanish aguacate from Nahuatl āhuacatl with avocado and testicle senses.
Aguacate — Diccionario de la lengua españolaDefinition — Del náhuatl ahuacatl
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently derives Spanish aguacate from Nahuatl and records both senses.
Ahuacatl — Gran Diccionario NáhuatlAhuacatl entries and translations, including Molina 1571
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently documents the historical Nahuatl form and its fruit and anatomical senses.
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