The story
- Nahuatl · derived fromtōltēcah
- Spanish · derived fromtolteca
- English todayToltec
From Spanish tolteca, from Nahuatl tōltēcah, plural of tōltēcatl (“inhabitant of Tollan”), from Tōllān + -catl.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A member of a pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th and 12th centuries AD. Full definition →