English
Escuintenango
Escuintenango comes from Spanish Escuintenango.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentEscuintenango
- Englishearliest quotation 1648same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentEscuintenango
- Englishearliest quotation 1648same form
Earliest quotation: 1648, Thomas Gage, The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: Or: “After the week was ended my French friend the…”
The story
Borrowed from Spanish Escuintenango, from a Nahuan language; literally "dog city"
Every English word from Spanish Escuintenango
Today it means
name A former town in Chiapas, Mexico.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Escuintenango / Escuintenango