|Question 7Verbal

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"Tomato" is an example of a loanword-that is, a word that originated in one language and was later adopted by another. The word came to English indirectly from tomate, the Spanish word for the widely cultivated plant. Spanish had borrowed it from Nahuatl, an Indigenous language of Central Mexico, in which the word's original form is tomatl. "Iguana" also has an Indigenous origin and entered English through Spanish. But in this case, the original source was Taíno, a language of the Caribbean islands, in which the word for the group of related lizard species is iwana.
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?
It cites a specific example of the phenomenon discussed in the text.
A
It clarifies the meaning of a term used earlier in the text.
B
It offers evidence for a claim made later in the text.
C
It addresses an objection to the argument advanced in the text.
D