Etymology

Mixtec

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Today it means: A member of a Mesoamerican people who live primarily in southern Mexico. Full definition →

Spanish mixteco ← Classical Nahuatl mixtēcah
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The story

  1. Classical Nahuatl · derived frommixtēcah“Mixtecs”
  2. Spanish · borrowed frommixteco
  3. English todayMixtec

Borrowed from Spanish mixteco, alteration of mixteca, from Classical Nahuatl mixtēcah (“Mixtecs”, plural).

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