Where does “tzapotl” come from?

tzapotl (Northern Oaxaca Nahuatl) comes from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapo- — sapote.

tzapotl (Northern Oaxaca Nahuatl): banana

Definitions

  1. banana

Ancestry of “tzapotl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nahuan*ȼapo-sapote
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapo-