Where does “tunacado” come from?

tunacado (English) comes from English tuna, from Maori tuna, from Proto-Polynesian tuna, from Proto-Oceanic tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuna, from Proto-Austronesian tuNa — freshwater eel.

tunacado (English): A mixture of tuna and avocado

Definitions

  1. A mixture of tuna and avocado

Ancestry of “tunacado”, step by step

tunacado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtunaAny of several species of fish of the genus...
2Maoritunaeel of various species, including the longfin eel...
3Proto-Polynesiantunaeel
4Proto-Oceanictunafreshwater eel
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantunafreshwater eel
6Proto-AustronesiantuNafreshwater eel

via English avocado

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishavocadoThe large, usually yellowish-green or black,...
2Spanishavocadoavocado
3Spanishaguacateavocado; a shade of green like an avocado; a...
4Nahuatlāhuacatl—
5Proto-Nahuanpa:waavocado
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuNa →