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by pluies 288 days ago
And French completed this merge by having both "lawyer" and "avocado" translate to "avocat".
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If I understand correctly, that's also where the Dutch "advocaat" liqueur comes from. They were trying to reproduce sweet avocado drinks, there were no avocados in Europe, so they made something up they thought tasted similar.