Etymograph

English

Mexican

Mexican comes from Nahuatl mēxihcah.

  1. Nahuatlmodernmēxihcah
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentmexicano
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1660Mexican

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Nahuatlmodernmēxihcah
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentmexicano
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1660Mexican

Earliest quotation: 1660, Joseph Hall, The Shaking of the Olive-Tree: “Surely, nature it ſelf calls to us for this…”

Equivalent to Mexico + -an

Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco

Spanish México

English Mexico

Every English word from Nahuatl mēxihcah

Today it means

noun A Mexica; an Aztec.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Nahuatl mēxihcah / Mexican

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