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NODE / 0337attestedClassical Nahuatl

āhuacatl

avocado; testicle

DATE
Classical Nahuatl
SENSE
fruit testicle polysemy
FAMILY
Uto-Aztecan / Nahuan
CANONICAL KEY
node:46:ahuacatl:attested:sense:fruit-testicle-polysemy

Merriam-Webster and the RAE both document the two senses. The historical dates are broad language-period anchors.

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ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

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THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.

No securely reviewed ancestor extends beyond this node. 2 evidence paths stop at this boundary.

INSPECT 2 CITED BOUNDARY CLAIMS
GO DEEPERknowledge boundaryboundary
Beyond secure reconstruction · before Nahuatl āhuacatl · avocado deep boundary

UNKNOWN

No securely reviewed deeper lexical ancestor is promoted.

SOUND
No deeper form or direction of derivation between the two Nahuatl senses is promoted from the reviewed sources.
MEANING
The dossier preserves the attested polysemy and stops before an unsupported origin story.
SCHOLAR
SET-U editorial boundary · Merriam-Webster Editors · RAE · ASALE editors
CONFIDENCE
boundary — A source word having two senses does not by itself establish which sense motivated the other.
Avocado — Word HistorycontextWord History — Nahuatl āhuacatl avocado, testicle

Supports the polysemy preserved at the evidence boundary without supplying a direction of semantic derivation.

ORIGINAL ↗
Aguacate — Diccionario de la lengua españolacontextEtymology line — ahuacatl fruit and testicle

Independently documents the two senses but no derivational direction.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 322 ↗
GO DEEPERknowledge boundaryboundary
Beyond secure reconstruction · before Nahuatl āhuacatl · aguacate nahuatl boundary

UNKNOWN

No securely reviewed deeper ancestor or direction between the two senses is promoted.

SOUND
No deeper form or semantic derivation direction is promoted beyond the documented Nahuatl word.
MEANING
The graph preserves fruit-and-testicle polysemy without converting it into an unsupported naming event.
SCHOLAR
SET-U editorial boundary · RAE · UNAM
CONFIDENCE
boundary
Aguacate — Diccionario de la lengua españolasupportsEtymology ending at Nahuatl ahuacatl

Does not supply a secure deeper ancestor or semantic direction.

ORIGINAL ↗
Ahuacatl — Gran Diccionario NáhuatlsupportsHistorical entry inventory for ahuacatl

Documents polysemy without deciding which sense generated the other.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 521 ↗
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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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DESCENDANTborrowingestablished
Spanish · Spanish · fruit

aguacate

avocado fruit or tree

SOUND
Spanish aguacate adapted Nahuatl āhuacatl to Spanish phonology and spelling.
MEANING
The avocado sense was carried into Spanish, while the source word’s testicle sense did not become the ordinary Spanish fruit meaning.
CHRONOLOGY
Colonial-era transfer into Spanish; no invented exact year.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster Editors · RAE · ASALE editors
CONFIDENCE
established — Both dictionaries explicitly give Nahuatl āhuacatl or ahuacatl and document its avocado and testicle senses.
Avocado — Word HistorysupportsWord History — Etymology

Gives Spanish aguacate from Nahuatl āhuacatl with avocado and testicle senses.

ORIGINAL ↗
Aguacate — Diccionario de la lengua españolasupportsDefinition — Del náhuatl ahuacatl

Independently derives Spanish aguacate from Nahuatl and records both senses.

ORIGINAL ↗
Ahuacatl — Gran Diccionario NáhuatlsupportsAhuacatl entries and translations, including Molina 1571

Independently documents the historical Nahuatl form and its fruit and anatomical senses.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 321 ↗
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TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

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This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.

UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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REVIEWED EDGES
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DEEPEST PATH
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MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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aguacate1 connected nodeavocado2 connected nodes
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01borrowingestablished
Classical Nahuatlāhuacatl→Spanish · Spanishaguacateavocado fruit or tree
SOUND
Spanish aguacate adapted Nahuatl āhuacatl to Spanish phonology and spelling.
MEANING
The avocado sense was carried into Spanish, while the source word’s testicle sense did not become the ordinary Spanish fruit meaning.
Merriam-Webster Editors · RAE · ASALE editors3 CITATIONSEDGE 321 ↗
Avocado — Word History · Word History — Etymology ↗Aguacate — Diccionario de la lengua española · Definition — Del náhuatl ahuacatl ↗Ahuacatl — Gran Diccionario Náhuatl · Ahuacatl entries and translations, including Molina 1571 ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE

“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.

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RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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02aguacateāhuacatl · established03avocadoāhuacatl · established