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āhuacatl · Classical Nahuatl
noun · Classical Nahuatl
Transliteration: āhuacatl
Avocado fruit; a related secondary body-part association is preserved only in evidence.. Avocado fruit; a related secondary body-part association is preserved only in evidence.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific date established in the inspected sources.
Classical Nahuatl reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl denotes the avocado; the English route is traced through Spanish aguacate. Classical Nahuatl > Noun
Spanish aguacate is the earlier form from which English avocado is derived, ultimately from Nahuatl āhuacatl. English > Etymology
The Spanish dictionary entry defines aguacate as the avocado fruit and records the Spanish lexical form. aguacate
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Classical Nahuatl. LanguageTable row clas1250
aguacate · Spanish
noun · Spanish
Transliteration: aguacate
Avocado fruit.. Avocado fruit.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific date established in the inspected sources.
Spanish reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl denotes the avocado; the English route is traced through Spanish aguacate. Classical Nahuatl > Noun
Spanish aguacate is the earlier form from which English avocado is derived, ultimately from Nahuatl āhuacatl. English > Etymology
The Spanish dictionary entry defines aguacate as the avocado fruit and records the Spanish lexical form. aguacate
English avocado is borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, an altered form associated with Spanish abogado/avocado “lawyer” by folk-etymological influence. English > Etymology
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Spanish. LanguageTable row stan1288
avocado · Latin American Spanish
noun · Latin American Spanish
Transliteration: avocado
Avocado; a reshaped Spanish form.. Avocado; a reshaped Spanish form.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific date established in the inspected sources.
Spanish reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
Spanish aguacate is the earlier form from which English avocado is derived, ultimately from Nahuatl āhuacatl. English > Etymology
English avocado is borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, an altered form associated with Spanish abogado/avocado “lawyer” by folk-etymological influence. English > Etymology
English avocado is reported in a 1696 plant catalogue context and denotes the fruit and tree. avocado(n.)
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Spanish. LanguageTable row stan1288
avocado · English
noun · English
Reading: av-uh-KAH-doh
The avocado fruit and tree.. The avocado fruit and tree.
1696 · early English plant context — Early catalogue context; not the first Spanish or Nahuatl attestation.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
English avocado is borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, an altered form associated with Spanish abogado/avocado “lawyer” by folk-etymological influence. English > Etymology
English avocado is reported in a 1696 plant catalogue context and denotes the fruit and tree. avocado(n.)
The English entry gives regional pronunciations and defines avocado as the fruit. English > Pronunciation and Noun
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for English. LanguageTable row stan1293
aguacate → avocado: semantic-change, qualified. The Spanish form is reshaped from aguacate, with possible folk-etymological influence from abogado/avocado. English > EtymologyEnglish > Etymology
avocado → avocado: borrowing, documented. English avocado is borrowed from the Latin American Spanish form. English > Etymologyavocado(n.)