Where does “Azteeks” come from?

Azteeks (Dutch) comes from Dutch Azteek, from Spanish azteca, from Nahuatl aztēcah.

Azteeks (Dutch): Aztec, Aztecan, pertaining to the Aztecs

Definitions

  1. Aztec, Aztecan, pertaining to the Aztecs

Ancestry of “Azteeks”, step by step

Azteeks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Azteek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchAzteekAztec, an Aztec person
2SpanishaztecaAztec
3Nahuatlaztēcah—

via Dutch S

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchS—
Every word from Nahuatl aztēcah →Every word from Spanish azteca →Every word from Dutch Azteek →