Where does “pozolatl” come from?

pozolatl (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Classical Nahuatl ātl, from Proto-Nahuan *aa-, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa — water.

pozolatl (Classical Nahuatl): it is a beverage of boiled or cooked maize

Definitions

  1. it is a beverage of boiled or cooked maize

Ancestry of “pozolatl”, step by step

pozolatl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Nahuatl ātl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical NahuatlātlAlternative spelling of atl; water
2Proto-Nahuan*aa-water
3Proto-Uto-Aztecanpawater

via Classical Nahuatl pozoni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical NahuatlpozoniTo boil, seethe
Every word from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa →Every word from Proto-Nahuan *aa- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl ātl →