# The Word "Maslina"

> "Maslina" — the Croatian word for olive and olive tree — comes from the Slavic root for "fat/oil" (maslo), illustrating how Slavic-speakers named the foreign Mediterranean fruit by its function rather than borrowing the Romance term.

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"Maslina" — the Croatian word for olive and olive tree — comes from the Slavic root for "fat/oil" (maslo), illustrating how Slavic-speakers named the foreign Mediterranean fruit by its function rather than borrowing the Romance term.

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