The story
- Classical Nahuatl · derived fromiztāc“white”
- Spanish · derived fromIztaccíhuatl
- English todayIztaccíhuatl
From Spanish Iztaccíhuatl, from Classical Nahuatl iztāc (“white”) + cihuātl (“woman”). The mountain's name in Classical Nahuatl was Iztāc tepētl (literally “white mountain”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.