Etymology

tlacoyo

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Today it means: A Mexican dish consisting of a fried and stuffed masa cake. Full definition →

Mexican Spanish tlacoyo ← Nahuatl tlahtlaōyoh
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The story

  1. Nahuatl · derived fromtlahtlaōyoh
  2. Mexican Spanish · borrowed fromtlacoyo
  3. English todaytlacoyo

From Mexican Spanish tlacoyo, from Nahuatl tlahtlaōyoh.

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