Where does “Popōcatepētl” come from?

Popōcatepētl (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Classical Nahuatl tepētl — hill; mountain, hill.

Popōcatepētl (Classical Nahuatl): Popocatépetl

Definitions

  1. Popocatépetl

Ancestry of “Popōcatepētl”, step by step

Popōcatepētl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Nahuatl tepētl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatltepētlhill; mountain, hill

via Classical Nahuatl popōca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlpopōcato smoke

Words derived from “Popōcatepētl”

Every word from Classical Nahuatl tepētl →