Where does “mexica” come from?

mexica (Spanish) comes from Nahuatl mēxihcah.

mexica (Spanish): Mexica, Aztec

Definitions

  1. Mexica, Aztec

Ancestry of “mexica”, step by step

mexica traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Nahuatl mēxihcah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nahuatlmēxihcah

via Classical Nahuatl Mēxihcah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical NahuatlMēxihcahthey are Aztecs

Words derived from “mexica

Every word from Nahuatl mēxihcah
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