Chichimecatecuhtli
/tʃitʃiˌmeːkaˈtekʷt͡ɬi/noun
A Nahuatl title meaning a lord or ruler associated with the Chichimeca people.
Did you know?In Nahuatl, -tecuhtli was a prestige title for a lord or noble, so this wasn’t just a name—it was a spoken claim to authority.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian Nahuatl
Nahuatl
Chichimecatecuhtli
“A title meaning “lord of the Chichimeca””
Pre-Columbian Nahuatl
Nahuatl
Chichimeca
“A name for certain northern peoples of central Mexico, often used in a broad cultural or social sense”
Pre-Columbian Nahuatl
Nahuatl
tecuhtli
“lord, noble, ruler”
Modern English
English
Chichimecatecuhtli
“Used as a transliterated historical term or title in scholarship about Nahuatl and Mesoamerican history”
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