Where does “aguacate” come from?

aguacate (Spanish) comes from Nahuatl āhuacatl, from Proto-Nahuan pa:wa — avocado.

aguacate (Spanish): avocado; a shade of green like an avocado; a...

Definitions

  1. avocado; a shade of green like an avocado; a...

Ancestry of “aguacate”, step by step

aguacate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Nahuatl āhuacatl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nahuatlāhuacatl—
2Proto-Nahuanpa:waavocado

via Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlāhuacatlavocado; testicle; avocado; testicle, avocado
2Proto-Nahuan*aawaka-—

Words derived from “aguacate”

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