Where does “avocado” come from?

Avocado comes from Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl, a word of Mesoamerican origin referring to the fruit of the avocado tree.

avocado (English): The large, usually yellowish-green or black,...

Definitions

  1. The large, usually yellowish-green or black,...

Ancestry of “avocado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishavocadoavocado
2Spanishaguacateavocado; a shade of green like an avocado; a...
3Nahuatlāhuacatl—
4Proto-Nahuanpa:waavocado

Words derived from “avocado”

Every word from Proto-Nahuan pa:wa →Every word from Nahuatl āhuacatl →Every word from Spanish aguacate →