Etymology

jacal

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Today it means: A wattle-and-mud hut common in Mexico and the southwestern US. Full definition →

Mexican Spanish jacal ← Nahuatl xacalli
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The story

  1. Nahuatl · derived fromxacalli
  2. Mexican Spanish · borrowed fromjacal
  3. English todayjacal

From Mexican Spanish jacal, from Nahuatl xacalli.

Words from the same roots

Nahuatlxacalli all →

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