tequila English · revision 1085

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /təˈkiː.lə/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|es|tequila]] from Mexican Spanish,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) named after Tequila, a town and district in Jalisco, Mexico, known for the drink.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A Mexican spirit distilled from the fermented sap of an agave (1849; 1841 as ''vino de Tequila'').^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ An 1828 account quoted by Etymonline called the spirit of Tequila a kind of Mexican whiskey, made from a species of agave.^(Etymonline) The cocktail ''tequila sunrise'' is recorded by 1942.^(Etymonline) Random House also uses the word for the plant itself, ''Agave tequilana''.^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1841 – ''vino de Tequila''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1849 – ''tequila''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1942 – ''tequila sunrise''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A strong Mexican liquor distilled from the fermented sap of an [[agave]] (''Agave tequilana'').^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The agave plant from which it is made.^(RHWU)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tequila sunrise]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mescal]]

+ * [[agave]]

+ * [[pulque]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}