Quetzalcoatl
See also: Quetzalcóatl
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Quetzalcōātl (literally “quetzal-feather snake”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Quetzalcoatl
- The Aztec name for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerica, one of the main gods of many Mexican and northern Central American civilizations.
Translations edit
Aztec deity
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Central Nahuatl edit
Noun edit
Quetzalcoatl
- Quetzalcoatl, deity.
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- queçalcoatle (obsolete or historical spelling)
Etymology edit
From quetzalli (“a quetzal tail feather”) + cōātl (“a snake”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Quetzalcōātl anim
- (he is) the god Quetzalcoatl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 89r. col. 1:
- Quequetzalcoa. miniſtros de cierto ydolo que ſe llamaua quetzalcoatl.
- Quequetzalcoa. ministers of a certain idol they called Quetzalcoatl.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Quetzalcoatlus
- English: Quetzalcoatl
- Spanish: Quetzalcóatl