English
ahuehuete
Ahuehuete comes from Spanish ahuehuete ‘Montezuma cypress’, and goes back to Classical Nahuatl āhuēhuētl.
- Classical Nahuatlc. 1300–1600āhuēhuētl‘cypress tree’literally ‘upright drum in the water’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentahuehuete‘Montezuma cypress’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Classical Nahuatlc. 1300–1600āhuēhuētl‘cypress tree’literally ‘upright drum in the water’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentahuehuete‘Montezuma cypress’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Classical Nahuatl āhuēhuētl
Today it means
noun A Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Classical Nahuatl āhuēhuētl / ahuehuete