Where does “tlalticpactli” come from?

tlalticpactli (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Classical Nahuatl tlālli — sand; land, earth; earth, soil.

tlalticpactli (Classical Nahuatl): the world

Definitions

  1. the world

Ancestry of “tlalticpactli”, step by step

tlalticpactli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Nahuatl tlālli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatltlāllisand; land, earth; earth, soil

via Classical Nahuatl ticpac

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlticpac
Every word from Classical Nahuatl tlālli