The story
- Nahuatl · derived frommizquitl“the mesquite tree”
- Spanish · borrowed frommezquite
- English todaymesquite
Borrowed from Spanish mezquite, mizquite, from Nahuatl mizquitl (“the mesquite tree”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mesquite
mes·quiteToday it means: Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed and bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour. Full definition →
Spanish mezquite ← Nahuatl mizquitl