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- Nahuatl · derived fromtetzontli
- Spanish · borrowed fromtezontle
- English todaytezontle
Borrowed from Spanish tezontle, from Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head hair”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tezontle
Today it means: A porous, extrusive, igneous, volcanic rock, usually reddish in colour, used extensively in construction in Mexico. Full definition →
Spanish tezontle ← Nahuatl tetzontli