How ‘guacamole’ is related to ‘avocado’ and ‘mole’

The words ‘avocado’, ‘guacamole’, and ‘mole’ (the Mexican sauce) all come to use from Classical Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec Empire, via Spanish. The word ‘avocado’ actually has quite a complex etymology, so let’s start with that: Avocado The earliest origin of this word is Proto-Nahuan *pa:wa, meaning avocado. This evolved into Classical Nahuatl […] The post How ‘guacamole’ is related to…