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START / NODE 335Present-Day English1696–today
avocado
An English reshaping of Spanish aguacate from Nahuatl āhuacatl, a word documented with both avocado and testicle senses.
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Present-Day Englishavocado
the fruit or tree of Persea americana
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Spanish · Spanishaguacateavocado fruit or tree
- SOUND CHANGE
- English avocado reshaped Spanish aguacate, changing both consonants and the ending in the adopted form.
- SEMANTIC CHANGE
- The fruit and tree senses continued into English.
- SCHOLAR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established — Merriam-Webster explicitly calls avocado a modification of Spanish aguacate.
- CHRONOLOGY
- English record by 1696.
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