Where does “tlatoani” come from?

tlatoani (English) comes from Classical Nahuatl tlahtoāni, from Classical Nahuatl tla- — Object prefix for verbs; it indicates that the...

tlatoani (English): An emperor of the Aztec kingdom

Definitions

  1. An emperor of the Aztec kingdom

Ancestry of “tlatoani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatltlahtoānitlatoani; sovereign; king, speaker; a sovereign;...
2Classical Nahuatltla-Object prefix for verbs; it indicates that the...
Every word from Classical Nahuatl tla- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tlahtoāni →
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