“Conflation” (kun-FLAY-shun) – from the Latin for “to blow together” – is the process or result of fusing several elements into one entity.
Example (as used by Don Hauptman today): “[The origin of the word guacamole]: from the Aztec ahuacamolli – a conflation of ahucatl (avocado) + molli (sauce or paste).”
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