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The first written record in English of the use of the word 'avocado' was by Hans Sloane, who coined the term, [39] in a 1696 index of Jamaican plants. Etymology The word avocado comes from the Spanish aguacate , which derives from the Nahuatl (Mexican) word āhuacatl [aːˈwakat͡ɬ] , [ 40 ] which goes back to the proto-Aztecan * pa:wa . [ 41 ]
Most words of Nahuatl origin end in a form of the Nahuatl "absolutive suffix" (-tl, -tli, or -li, or the Spanish adaptation -te), which marked unpossessed nouns. Achiote (definition) from āchiotl [aːˈt͡ʃiot͡ɬ] Atlatl (definition) from ahtlatl [ˈaʔt͡ɬat͡ɬ] Atole (definition) from atōlli [ˈaːtoːlli] Avocado (definition)
Guacamole has increased avocado sales in the U.S., especially on Super Bowl Sunday and Cinco de Mayo. [17] The rising consumption of guacamole is most likely due to the U.S. government lifting a ban on avocado imports in the 1990s and the growth of the U.S. Latino population.
This word ending—thought to be difficult for Spanish speakers to pronounce at the time—evolved in Spanish into a "-te" ending (e.g. axolotl = ajolote). As a rule of thumb, a Spanish word for an animal, plant, food or home appliance widely used in Mexico and ending in "-te" is highly likely to have a Nahuatl origin.
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.
Nikocado Avocado, whose real name is Nicholas Perry, secretly lost a significant amount of weight while uploading prerecorded videos of himself eating enormous amounts of food and masking his ...
Folk etymology traces the name to the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, but the Oxford English Dictionary records the first occurrence as "Oss" in 1908. [55] Frank Baum's original book predates this and may have inspired the name, [56] but it is also possible Baum himself was influenced by Australia in his development of Oz. [57]
Nikocado Avocado has pulled off a yearslong prank. The popular mukbang YouTuber, known for eating enormous amounts of food on camera, fooled the internet by completing a secret weight loss journey ...