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tequitl
Nahuatl · medieval
"possibly relating to work"
possibly related to work or labor, the root of the town's name in Jalisco, Mexico
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tequila
Spanish · 1800s
"a spirit distilled from agave, named for the town"
named for the town where the agave-based spirit was first distilled
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tequila
English · 1849
"a Mexican spirit distilled from the blue agave plant"
adopted directly for the distinctive Mexican agave spirit
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