Where does “etzontli” come from?

etzontli (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Classical Nahuatl tzontli — hair; head; crown, headdress.

etzontli (Classical Nahuatl): twelve hundred

Definitions

  1. twelve hundred

Ancestry of “etzontli”, step by step

etzontli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Nahuatl tzontli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatltzontlihair; head; crown, headdress

via Classical Nahuatl ēyi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlēyithree
Every word from Classical Nahuatl tzontli