Yollotl
/joˈlo.t͡ɬ/noun
A Nahuatl word meaning "heart."
Did you know?In Nahuatl thought, the heart was not merely an organ but a core center of vitality and personhood, which is why words built from it carry deep emotional and spiritual force.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Nahuatl
Nah
yōllōtl
“heart; life force; inner vitality”
Modern Nahuatl varieties
Nah
yollotl
“heart”
16th Century
Spa
yollotl
“Recorded in colonial-era transcriptions of Nahuatl vocabulary”
Modern English
English
yollotl
“Used as a borrowed Nahuatl term in linguistic and cultural contexts”
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