Etymology

canistel

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Today it means: A tropical tree, Lucuma campechiana, from Central America and the Caribbean, that bears a sweet oval fruit. Full definition →

Spanish canastillo ← Latin canistellum
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  1. Latin · derived fromcanistellum
  2. Spanish · derived fromcanastillo“small basket”
  3. English todaycanistel

From dialectal variant of Spanish canastillo (“small basket”), from Latin canistellum, diminutive of canistrum (“basket”).

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