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Avocado was borrowed from Spanish and was originally spelled aguacate . The word's origin is Nahuatl ahuacatl , a word meaning `testicle,' because of the similarity of the shape of the fruit.
Let us now pass on to the names of some clothing items that Texans borrowed and then passed on to the rest of the country: sombrero, mantilla, poncho, rebozo, serape , and huarache . A number of animals and vegetables followed the same route: avocado from aguacate; mesquite; sapodilla from zapote; guayule; coyote; armadillo; ocelot from ocelote; chaparral ; and javalina from jabalina . Since cattle ranching is common to both sides of the border, it should come as no surprise that there has been an exchange of ranch-related words: lariat from la reata; bronco; lasso from lazo; rodeo; chaps from chaparreras; charro; hackamore from jáquima; mustang from mestengo ; and quirt from cuerda or cuarta .