Etymology

tegu

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Today it means: Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae. Full definition →

Nahuatl tecoixin
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The story

  1. Nahuatl · derived fromtecoixin“lizard”
  2. English todaytegu

From teguexin, from Nahuatl tecoixin (“lizard”).

Words from the same roots

Nahuatltecoixin all →

teguexin

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