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Where does “zapoteco” come from?

zapoteco (Spanish) comes from Nahuatl Tzapotēcah, from Nahuatl Tzapotēcatl — inhabitant of the place of sapote.

zapoteco (Spanish): Zapotec

Definitions

  1. Zapotec

Ancestry of “zapoteco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1NahuatlTzapotēcah—
2NahuatlTzapotēcatlinhabitant of the place of sapote
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