The story
- Nahuan · derived from
- English todaybutterfly agave
Calqued from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl pāpālōtl (“butterfly”) + metl (“agave”). Cf. Spanish papalometl, papalomé.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A kind of agave (Agave potatorum). Full definition →
Calqued from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl pāpālōtl (“butterfly”) + metl (“agave”). Cf. Spanish papalometl, papalomé.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.