In article >,
Blinky the Shark > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> > (I'd like an authoritative report on the origin of the word. I wonder
> > if it was originally a *******ization of something on the order of
> > "aguacate mole.")
>
> <q http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=guacamole>
>
> 1920, from Amer.Sp. guacamole, from Nahuatl ahuaca-molli, from ahuacatl
> "avocado" + molli "sauce."
>
> </q>

Thanks! I was in the game.
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