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From: jcf@world.std.com (Joseph C Fineman)
Subject: Re: etymology of avocado
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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 23:41:50 GMT
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slavins@entergrp.demon.co.uk (Simon Slavin) writes:

>I thought it was something to do with lawyers.  Like Advocaat.

My understanding is that a native word was reshaped in Spanish because
of its accidental resemblance to the Spanish word for lawyer.
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