Tepetl
/ˈte.pet͡ɬ/noun
A Nahuatl word meaning "mountain" or "hill."
Did you know?In Nahuatl place-names, tepetl often appears in compounds that mark mountains as powerful, named presences tied to identity, ritual, and geography.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Nahuatl
Nah
tepetl
“mountain; hill”
Modern Nahuatl
Nah
tepetl
“mountain; hill”
Spanish Colonial Period
Spanish
tepetl
“borrowed Nahuatl word for a mountain or hill in indigenous toponyms”
Modern English
English
tepetl
“a Nahuatl loanword used in linguistic, historical, or cultural contexts”