Where does “Mexico” come from?

Mexico comes from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco, a place name derived from the locative suffix Classical Nahuatl -co, though the etymology of the root is uncertain.

Mexico (English): now submerged under Lake Tawakoni

Definitions

  1. now submerged under Lake Tawakoni

Ancestry of “Mexico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishMéxicoMexico
2Classical NahuatlMēxihcoMexico

Words derived from “Mexico”

Every word from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco →Every word from Spanish México →