Where does “copal” come from?

copal (French) comes from Spanish copal, from Classical Nahuatl copalli — copal, incense.

copal (French): copal

Definitions

  1. copal

Ancestry of “copal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcopalcopal; Any of several trees from which copal is...
2Classical Nahuatlcopallicopal, incense

Words derived from “copal”

Every word from Classical Nahuatl copalli →Every word from Spanish copal →