mezcal
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- mezcal
- The variety of the agave plant from with mezcal is distilled.
Etymology
Affix from nci (earth, person, flower, mountain, ballcourt, crow, hand, sand, mountain lion, ant, spine, maguey, honey, pine tree, necklace, dog) + metl (cook)+ ixca.
Origin
ixca
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Azqueltán English
- Coxcatlán English
- Ixcuintepec English
- Juchitán English
- Oaxtepec English
- Ocotepec English
- Tlacaxipehualiztli English
- Tlaxiaco English
- talaje English
- mezcal French
- Juchitán Spanish, Castilian
- Oaxtepec Spanish, Castilian
- Tlaxiaco Spanish, Castilian
- cacalosúchil Spanish, Castilian
- jalmichi Spanish, Castilian
- tacamachín Spanish, Castilian
- tepeamate Spanish, Castilian
- tepecamote Spanish, Castilian
- kalatsutsi Tagalog
- ixca Classical Nahuatl
- metl Classical Nahuatl
- mexcalli Classical Nahuatl
- ixca nocat=1
- metl nocat=1
- nci nocat=1
- mescöl Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- dzuqndaha omq-tel
- a̱pit́chi̱ji Highland Popoluca
- mistuʼ Isthmus Zapotec