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Eric Christopherson writes: ><aguacate> IS the Spanish word. I'm not sure where we got <avocado> from. >(It certainly sounds Spanish... maybe it's an older form that was >supplanted?) Apparently it *is* derived from aguacate. Aguacate itself is derived from the Nahuatl "Ahuacatl". I think I may change the Montreiano form to "auacate" since the Nahuatl form suggests the gu is really /w/ instead of /g/ (we dont often discuss avocados in my Spanish classes, so i've not had a chance to hear it pronounced :)). __________________________ Communication is not just words, communication is...architecture because of course it is quite obvious that the house that would be built without that desire, that desire to communicate, would not look as your house does today.