avocado — anglicization of Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl ahuacatl
chili — chilli
chipotle — “smoked chili pepper”
chocolate – xocolatl (“hot water”)
cocoa — Spanish cacao, from Nahuatl cacáhuatl
coyote — coyotl
guacamole — ahuaca-molli, ahuacatl (“avocado”) + molli (“sauce”)
mesquite — from Mexican Spanish mezquite, from Nahuatl mizquitl
mole — molli (“sauce”)
tamale — tamalli
tomato — Spanish tomate, from Nahuatl xitomatl
peyote — peyotl (“caterpillar”)
mezcal — from Nahuatl mexcalli
shack — Mexican Spanish jacal (“hut”), from Nahuatl xacalli
