English
Otomi
Otomi comes from Spanish otomí ‘a member of the Otomi people’, and goes back to Classical Nahuatl otomitl.
- Classical Nahuatlc. 1300–1600otomitl‘An Otomi’
- Classical Nahuatl, derivedc. 1300–1600otomih
- Spanishc. 1500–presentotomí‘a member of the Otomi people’
- Englishearliest quotation 1578Otomi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Classical Nahuatlc. 1300–1600otomitl‘An Otomi’
- Classical Nahuatl, derivedc. 1300–1600otomih
- Spanishc. 1500–presentotomí‘a member of the Otomi people’
- Englishearliest quotation 1578Otomi
Earliest quotation: 1578, Thomas Nicholas, The Pleasant Historie of the Conquest of the VVeast India: “the eſpies of Tlaxcallan ſayde, that none had fought…”
Every English word from Classical Nahuatl otomitl
Today it means
noun A person belonging to the indigenous Otomi ethnic group of central Mexico.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Classical Nahuatl otomitl / Otomi