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Where does “tenamaste” come from?

tenamaste (Spanish) comes from Classical Nahuatl tenamaztli — triplet; a tenamaste, one of three hearthstones.

tenamaste (Spanish): a hearthstone, any of the three stones...

Definitions

  1. a hearthstone, any of the three stones...

Ancestry of “tenamaste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatltenamaztlitriplet; a tenamaste, one of three hearthstones
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