The story
- Nahuatl · derived fromolli“rubber”
- English todayOlmec
From Nahuatl, meaning rubber lineage (compare Nahuatl olli (“rubber”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Olmec
Today it means: A member of an ancient pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco. Full definition →
Nahuatl olli