Where does “zapoteco” come from?

zapoteco (Italian) comes from Nahuatl Tzapotēcah, from Nahuatl Tzapotēcatl — inhabitant of the place of sapote.

zapoteco (Italian): Zapotec

Definitions

  1. Zapotec

Ancestry of “zapoteco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1NahuatlTzapotēcah—
2NahuatlTzapotēcatlinhabitant of the place of sapote
Every word from Nahuatl Tzapotēcatl →Every word from Nahuatl Tzapotēcah →