The story
- Classical Nahuatl · learned borrowing fromcalpolli
- English todaycalpulli
Learned borrowing from Classical Nahuatl calpolli, from calli (“house”) + -polli (“big”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
calpulli
Today it means: An Aztec organizational unit below the level of the altepetl or city-state. Full definition →
Classical Nahuatl calpolli