Where does “mixteco” come from?

mixteco (Spanish) comes from Classical Nahuatl mixtecatl, from Classical Nahuatl mixtli — cloud.

mixteco (Spanish): Mixtec

Definitions

  1. Mixtec

Ancestry of “mixteco”, step by step

mixteco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Nahuatl mixtecatl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical NahuatlmixtecatlA Mixtec
2Classical Nahuatlmixtlicloud

via Classical Nahuatl mixtēcah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical NahuatlmixtēcahMixtecs

Words derived from “mixteco”

Every word from Classical Nahuatl mixtli →