Where does “Aztec” come from?

Aztec comes from Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl aztecah or aztecatl, terms for the Mexica people who founded Tenochtitlan.

Aztec (English): A Mexica; A Nahua; Of or pertaining to the Mexica...

Definitions

  1. A Mexica; A Nahua; Of or pertaining to the Mexica...

Ancestry of “Aztec”, step by step

Aztec traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish azteca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishaztecaAztec
2Nahuatlaztēcah—

via French Aztèque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchAztèquean Aztec

Words derived from “Aztec”

Every word from Nahuatl aztēcah →Every word from Spanish azteca →