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Mesquite

2 stages from Nahuatl to English.

Today it means a thorny tree of the American southwest, its wood often used for grilling
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mizquitl
Nahuatl · medieval
"the mesquite tree"
the name for the thorny, drought-resistant tree of the American southwest
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mesquite
English · 1800s
"a thorny, drought-resistant tree"
adopted directly through Spanish-speaking settlers of the American southwest
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