Etymology

cocoliztli

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Today it means: An epidemic illness that spread through Mexico in the 16th century. Full definition →

Classical Nahuatl cocoliztli
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The story

  1. Classical Nahuatl · borrowed fromcocoliztli“disease, illness”
  2. English todaycocoliztli

From Classical Nahuatl cocoliztli (“disease, illness”).

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