Where does “tepalcate” come from?

tepalcate (Spanish) comes from Classical Nahuatl tapalcatl — a potsherd, a broken tile or pot.

tepalcate (Spanish): potsherd

Definitions

  1. potsherd

Ancestry of “tepalcate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatltapalcatla potsherd, a broken tile or pot
Every word from Classical Nahuatl tapalcatl
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