Teopan
/ˈteo.pan/noun
A Nahuatl word meaning a temple or sacred place.
Did you know?Teopan comes from Nahuatl *teōtl* (“god, deity”) + *-pan* (“on, in, at”), so the sacred space was conceived as the place where the god was present.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Nahuatl
Nahuatl
teōpan
“at/in the god-place; temple, sacred precinct”
Proto-Uto-Aztecan
PUA
*tɨw-
“ancestor of words for deity/divine power (reconstructed root)”
Modern English
English
teopan
“a Nahuatl term for a temple or sacred place, used in historical and anthropological contexts”
Modern English
English
temple
“a building dedicated to worship”