Mixtec

noun

Mix·tec mē-ˈstek

mi-,

-shtek

plural Mixtec or Mixtecs : a member of an Indigenous people of western Oaxaca and parts of adjacent states in southern Mexico

: the group of Otomanguean languages spoken by the Mixtec

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Solano previously cooked at the late and admired Mixtec and Enriqueta’s in Washington. —

Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 18 July 2024 Kaufman points to Mixtec, a group of Indigenous languages spoken in south-central Mexico, with 500,000 speakers. —

New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish mixteco, from Nahuatl mixtēcatl, literally, inhabitant of Mixtlan (mountainous area of western Oaxaca), from mix- cloud + -tēcatl person (from)

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of Mixtec was in 1852

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