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Cashew

3 stages from Tupi to English.

Today it means a curved, edible nut from a tropical tree
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Stage 1 of 3
acajú
Tupi · pre-1500s
"cashew"
the Tupi name for the tree and its nut
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Stage 2 of 3
caju
Portuguese · 1500s-1600s
"cashew"
adopted from Tupi via Portuguese contact in Brazil
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Stage 3 of 3
cashew
English · 1700s
"the cashew nut"
adapted from the Portuguese form
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