Camote
/kɑːˈmoʊteɪ/noun
A sweet potato, especially in Spanish-speaking regions.
Did you know?Camote is a loanword from Nahuatl, showing how indigenous American languages permanently reshaped Spanish vocabulary after contact and conquest.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian
Nahuatl
camotli
“sweet potato”
16th Century
Spanish
camote
“sweet potato, borrowed from Nahuatl”
17th Century
Spanish
camote
“regional term for sweet potato in colonial Spanish”
Modern English
English
camote
“borrowed regional term for sweet potato, especially in Latin American contexts”