Xocotl
/ˈʃokot͡ɬ/noun
A Nahuatl word for a fruit, especially a sour fruit or a plum-like fruit.
Did you know?Xocotl is a real Nahuatl word, and Nahuatl compounds and sound patterns often carried rich botanical and ritual meaning in Mesoamerican speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Uto-Aztecan
PUA
*sokwi
“An ancestral root reconstructed for a sour or fruit-related plant term”
Classical Nahuatl
Nahuatl
xocotl
“A sour fruit; a plum or fruit used in food and offerings”
16th Century
Spanish
xocotl
“Recorded by Spanish chroniclers as an indigenous Nahuatl plant/fruit term”
Modern English
English
xocotl
“A loanword or cited Nahuatl term for a fruit name in linguistic and historical contexts”