Etymology

calmecac

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Today it means: A school for the children of Aztec nobility. Full definition →

Classical Nahuatl calmecac
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The story

  1. Classical Nahuatl · borrowed fromcalmecac“house of the lineage”
  2. English todaycalmecac

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl calmecac (“house of the lineage”).

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