Talk:tapatío

Etymology

Can we improve on the etymology by actually providing a detailed etymology for this term?

In the Nahuatl language, tlapatiyōtl means "[high] price paid for something; value / worth; something or someone of great worth." It comes from the verb patiyōtia, meaning "to pay for something or to raise its price," from the noun patitl — "price, value for exchange or barter."

Apparently tlapatiyōtl was pronounced tapatíotl in the variant of Western Nahuatl spoken in Guadalajara, becoming tapatío in Spanish. 173.88.246.138 01:10, 24 April 2023 (UTC)