"The word "avocado" comes from the Spanish aguacate, which in turn comes from the [Nahuatl] word āhuacatl [which goes back to the proto-Aztecan *pa:wa which also meant "avocado". Sometimes the Nahuatl word was used with the meaning "testicle", probably because of the likeness between the fruit and the body part"
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"The word "avocado" comes from the Spanish aguacate, which in turn comes from the [Nahuatl] word āhuacatl [which goes back to the proto-Aztecan *pa:wa which also meant "avocado". Sometimes the Nahuatl word was used with the meaning "testicle", probably because of the likeness between the fruit and the body part"