The avocado fruit or the tree that produces it, in Portuguese and Spanish-influenced English usage.
From Portuguese/Spanish 'abacate,' which derives ultimately from Nahuatl (Aztec) 'ahuacatl,' the original Mesoamerican name for the avocado. The word traveled from the Americas through Spanish and Portuguese colonial languages into English.
The word 'avocado' and 'abacate' both come from the same Nahuatl root but took different paths through European languages—Spanish brought us 'avocado' while Portuguese brought 'abacate,' showing how the same word can split into different English variants depending on colonial routes!
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