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Stage 1 of 3
ayawaska
Quechua · pre-1500s
"spirit vine"
literally 'vine of the dead/spirit' (aya spirit + waska vine), naming the psychoactive vine brew
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Stage 2 of 3
ayahuasca
Spanish · 1900s
"a psychoactive brew made from the vine and other plants"
adopted into Spanish from Quechua as Amazonian shamanic practices became documented
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Stage 3 of 3
ayahuasca
English · 1960s-1970s
"a psychoactive brew used in traditional Amazonian spiritual ceremonies"
entered English through anthropological and later popular accounts of Amazonian ceremonies
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