The story
- Classical Nahuatl · borrowed from-pan“place”
- Classical Nahuatl · borrowed fromatl“water”
- Classical Nahuatl · borrowed fromahuiliztli
- English todayOrizaba
From Classical Nahuatl ahuiliztli (pleasant) + Classical Nahuatl atl (“water”) + Classical Nahuatl -pan (“place”), thus Ahuiliz-apan.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.