English
Itzcoatl
Itzcoatl comes from Classical Nahuatl Ītzcōātl.
- Classical Nahuatlc. 1300–1600Ītzcōātl
- Englishearliest quotation 1818Itzcoatl
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Classical Nahuatlc. 1300–1600Ītzcōātl
- Englishearliest quotation 1818Itzcoatl
Earliest quotation: 1818, R. H. Bonnycastle: “Huitzilihuitl reigned twenty years, and died in 1409, and…”
A compound of itztli ‘obsidian’ + cōātl ‘snake’
Proto-Uto-Aztecan *koLwa-ta
Proto-Nahuan *koowa-tl
Classical Nahuatl cōātl ‘snake’
Every English word from Classical Nahuatl Ītzcōātl
Today it means
name The fourth ruler of Tenochtitlan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Classical Nahuatl Ītzcōātl / Itzcoatl