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Pecan

2 stages from Illinois (Algonquian) to English.

Today it means a smooth, edible nut from a North American hickory tree
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pakani
Illinois (Algonquian) · pre-1600s
"a hard-shelled nut"
a general term for nuts requiring a stone to crack
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pecan
English · 1700s
"the pecan nut"
adopted by French and English settlers along the Mississippi valley
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