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Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

Tomato, an indigenous plant of Central Mexico, was discovered by the Spanish colonists when they invaded the region in the early sixteenth century. The name of the plant was 'tomatl' in Nahuatl, the native language of the region, and was rendered as 'tomate' in Spanish. After the colonists took the plant to Spain, it became popular through trade in other parts of Europe, including England. The English word 'tomato' is indubitably derived from the Spanish 'tomate' and not directly from the Nahuatl 'tomat' because ...